Display version in the GUI using Git tag description

src/.gitignore

@@ -258,4 +258,5 @@ paket-files/
 
 # Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS)
 __pycache__/
-*.pyc
+*.pyc
+VERSION

src/YuMi.NieRexper.GUI/Main.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using YuMi.NieRexper.GUI.Annotations;
 
@@ -45,6 +46,20 @@ public class Main : INotifyPropertyChanged
         /// </summary>
         private string _status = "PENDING";
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Returns data from the VERSION file.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Version
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
+                using (var stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("YuMi.NieRexper.GUI.VERSION"))
+                using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
+                    return reader.ReadToEnd().TrimEnd();
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Selected save slot.
         /// </summary>

src/YuMi.NieRexper.GUI/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@
                         <Label Content="{Binding Status}"
                                HorizontalContentAlignment="Right" />
                     </DockPanel>
+
+                    <!-- Version -->
+                    <DockPanel Margin="0,1,0,0">
+                        <Label Content="Version" />
+                        <Label Content="{Binding Version}"
+                               HorizontalContentAlignment="Right" />
+                    </DockPanel>
                 </StackPanel>
             </StackPanel>
         </TabItem>

src/YuMi.NieRexper.GUI/YuMi.NieRexper.GUI.csproj

@@ -120,7 +120,15 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Resource Include="Resources\Background.png" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="VERSION">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PreBuildEvent>git describe --tags &gt; "$(ProjectDir)\VERSION"</PreBuildEvent>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">