--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+
+describe=$(git describe --always 2>/dev/null || echo '')
+if [ -n "$describe" ]; then
+ version=$(echo $describe | cut -d- -f1)
+ commitnum=$(echo $describe | cut -d- -f2)
+ commithash=$(echo $describe | cut -d- -f3)
+else
+ . ../src/Version
+ version=$VERSION
+ commitnum=''
+ commithash=''
+fi
+
+builddate=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
+buildtime=$(date "+%H:%M")
+
+
+infile=src/org/altusmetrum/AltosDroid/BuildInfo.java.in
+outfile=src/org/altusmetrum/AltosDroid/BuildInfo.java
+
+echo "Version $describe, built on $builddate, $buildtime"
+
+sed -e "s/@DESCRIBE@/$describe/" \
+ -e "s/@VERSION@/$version/" \
+ -e "s/@COMMITNUM@/$commitnum/" \
+ -e "s/@COMMITHASH@/$commithash/" \
+ -e "s/@BUILDDATE@/$builddate/" \
+ -e "s/@BUILDTIME@/$buildtime/" \
+ $infile > $outfile