Sample of using build info to generate keystrokes (#412)

* More documentation

* Saving crontab for user  on host

* Restructuring in keeping with recent changes to conventions

* Simplify submitting my fave cbbrowne keystroke by using SEND_STRING()

* Local change, not apropos to have in this repo

* Simplify logic; no need to return so much

* Add in a version key

* Add docs

* Split build date into a separate DEFINE

* Ensure there is a value even if not working within a git repo

* Should not include the compiled code in the repo

* compiled.hex files should not be included in the repo; they represent generated compiled code

* Fix spelling in comment

* Remove more generated files

* Add rule to ignore contents of .build directories; their contents are generated

* Revert removals of compiled files

Makefile

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ include $(TMK_PATH)/protocol/lufa.mk
 include $(TMK_PATH)/common.mk
 include $(TMK_PATH)/rules.mk
 
-GIT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --abbrev=6 --dirty --always --tags 2>/dev/null || date +"%Y-%m-%d")
+GIT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --abbrev=6 --dirty --always --tags 2>/dev/null || date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
-
+BUILD_DATE := $(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
 OPT_DEFS += -DQMK_KEYBOARD=\"$(KEYBOARD)\" -DQMK_KEYMAP=\"$(KEYMAP)\"
-OPT_DEFS += -DQMK_VERSION=\"$(GIT_VERSION)\"
+OPT_DEFS += -DQMK_VERSION=\"$(GIT_VERSION)\" -DQMK_BUILDDATE=\"$(BUILD_DATE)\"

keyboard/planck/keymaps/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.build

keyboard/planck/keymaps/angerthosenear/keymap.c

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const uint16_t PROGMEM keymaps[][MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS] = {
   {KC_TAB,  KC_A,    KC_S,    KC_D,    KC_F,    KC_G,    KC_H,    KC_J,    KC_K,    KC_L,    KC_SCLN,  KC_ENT},
   {KC_LSFT, KC_Z,    KC_X,    KC_C,    KC_V,    KC_B,    KC_N,    KC_M,    KC_COMM, KC_DOT,  KC_SLSH, KC_QUOT},
   {KC_LCTL, KC_LGUI, KC_LALT, BL_STEP, FUNC(2), KC_SPC,  KC_SPC,  FUNC(1), KC_LEFT, KC_DOWN, KC_UP,  KC_RGHT}
-                                                // Space is repeated to accommadate for both spacebar wiring positions
+                                                // Space is repeated to accommodate for both spacebar wiring positions
 },
 [1] = { /* WASD + NumPad */
   {KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_P7,   KC_P8,   KC_P9,   KC_PSLS, KC_PMNS, KC_TRNS},
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ const uint16_t PROGMEM fn_actions[] = {
     [3] = ACTION_DEFAULT_LAYER_SET(0),
     [4] = ACTION_DEFAULT_LAYER_SET(1),
 
-};
+};

keyboard/planck/keymaps/cbbrowne/keymap.c

@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ enum macro_id {
   M_LED = 0,
   M_USERNAME,
   M_RANDDIGIT,
-  M_RANDLETTER
+  M_RANDLETTER,
+  M_VERSION
 };
 
 /* Note that Planck has dimensions 4 rows x 12 columns */
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ const uint16_t PROGMEM keymaps[][MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS] = {
   {KC_TRNS, DF(_KP), KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_TRNS, KC_MNXT, KC_VOLD, KC_VOLU, KC_MPLY}
 },
 [_KP] = { /* Key Pad */
-  {KC_ESC,  M(M_USERNAME),    KC_F9,   KC_F10,   KC_F11,  KC_F12,   KC_PGUP, KC_KP_ENTER, KC_7, KC_8, KC_9, KC_BSPC},
+  {KC_ESC,  M(M_USERNAME),    M(M_VERSION),   KC_F10,   KC_F11,  KC_F12,   KC_PGUP, KC_KP_ENTER, KC_7, KC_8, KC_9, KC_BSPC},
   {KC_LCTL, M(M_RANDDIGIT),   KC_F5,   KC_F6,    KC_F7,   KC_F8,    KC_PGDN, KC_KP_MINUS, KC_4, KC_5, KC_6, KC_PIPE},
   {KC_LSFT, M(M_RANDLETTER),  KC_F1,   KC_F2,    KC_F3,   KC_F4,    KC_DEL,  KC_KP_PLUS,  KC_1, KC_2,  KC_3, KC_ENTER},
   {BL_STEP, M(M_LED), KC_LALT, KC_LGUI, KC_NO, KC_SPC,  KC_SPC,  DF(_QW),   KC_LEFT, KC_DOWN, KC_UP,  KC_RIGHT}
@@ -135,6 +136,11 @@ const macro_t *action_get_macro(keyrecord_t *record, uint8_t id, uint8_t opt)
       SEND_STRING("cbbrowne");
     }
     break;
+  case M_VERSION:
+    if (record->event.pressed) {
+      SEND_STRING(QMK_KEYBOARD "/" QMK_KEYMAP "@" QMK_VERSION "@" QMK_BUILDDATE);
+    }
+    break;
   case M_RANDDIGIT:
     /* Generate, based on random number generator, a keystroke for
        a numeric digit chosen at random */

keyboard/planck/keymaps/cbbrowne/readme.md

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ doing sundry experimentation:
      to use it, but hey, it shows how others might use this facility
      in a more useful context.
    - Key [2][2] aka "a" uses a random number generator to select a digit 0-9 at random
-   - Key [3][2] aka "z" uses a random number generator to select a letter a-z at random	 
+   - Key [3][2] aka "z" uses a random number generator to select a letter a-z at random
+   - Key [1][3] aka "e" spits out the keymap version number
 
 2. Some code structure ideas
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