From 54f2221ec61fd11f69d0059c3a957608c8a6c70f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: OpenSauce04 <opensauce04@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:55:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] cmake: Fix build info sometimes not generating correctly

---
 CMakeModules/GenerateBuildInfo.cmake | 90 ++++++++++++++--------------
 CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake    |  1 +
 src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt        |  2 +
 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeModules/GenerateBuildInfo.cmake b/CMakeModules/GenerateBuildInfo.cmake
index 0b0334059..b3f4556ab 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/GenerateBuildInfo.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/GenerateBuildInfo.cmake
@@ -1,49 +1,51 @@
-# Gets a UTC timstamp and sets the provided variable to it
-function(get_timestamp _var)
-    string(TIMESTAMP timestamp UTC)
-    set(${_var} "${timestamp}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-get_timestamp(BUILD_DATE)
+macro(generate_build_info)
+    # Gets a UTC timstamp and sets the provided variable to it
+    function(get_timestamp _var)
+        string(TIMESTAMP timestamp UTC)
+        set(${_var} "${timestamp}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endfunction()
+    get_timestamp(BUILD_DATE)
 
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${SRC_DIR}/externals/cmake-modules")
+    list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${SRC_DIR}/externals/cmake-modules")
 
-if (EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/.git/objects")
-    # Find the package here with the known path so that the GetGit commands can find it as well
-    find_package(Git QUIET PATHS "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}")
+    if (EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/.git/objects")
+        # Find the package here with the known path so that the GetGit commands can find it as well
+        find_package(Git QUIET PATHS "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}")
 
-    # only use Git to check revision info when source is obtained via Git
-    include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
-    get_git_head_revision(GIT_REF_SPEC GIT_REV)
-    git_describe(GIT_DESC --always --long --dirty)
-    git_branch_name(GIT_BRANCH)
-elseif (EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-COMMIT" AND EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-TAG")
-    # unified source archive
-    file(READ "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-COMMIT" GIT_REV_RAW LIMIT 64)
-    string(STRIP "${GIT_REV_RAW}" GIT_REV)
-    string(SUBSTRING "${GIT_REV_RAW}" 0 9 GIT_DESC)
-    set(GIT_BRANCH "HEAD")
-else()
-    # self-packed archive?
-    set(GIT_REV "UNKNOWN")
-    set(GIT_DESC "UNKNOWN")
-    set(GIT_BRANCH "UNKNOWN")
-endif()
-string(SUBSTRING "${GIT_REV}" 0 7 GIT_SHORT_REV)
-
-# Set build version
-set(REPO_NAME "")
-set(BUILD_VERSION "0")
-set(BUILD_FULLNAME "${GIT_SHORT_REV}")
-if (DEFINED ENV{CI} AND DEFINED ENV{GITHUB_ACTIONS})
-    if ($ENV{GITHUB_REF_TYPE} STREQUAL "tag")
-        set(GIT_TAG $ENV{GITHUB_REF_NAME})
+        # only use Git to check revision info when source is obtained via Git
+        include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
+        get_git_head_revision(GIT_REF_SPEC GIT_REV)
+        git_describe(GIT_DESC --always --long --dirty)
+        git_branch_name(GIT_BRANCH)
+    elseif (EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-COMMIT" AND EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-TAG")
+        # unified source archive
+        file(READ "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-COMMIT" GIT_REV_RAW LIMIT 64)
+        string(STRIP "${GIT_REV_RAW}" GIT_REV)
+        string(SUBSTRING "${GIT_REV_RAW}" 0 9 GIT_DESC)
+        set(GIT_BRANCH "HEAD")
+    else()
+        # self-packed archive?
+        set(GIT_REV "UNKNOWN")
+        set(GIT_DESC "UNKNOWN")
+        set(GIT_BRANCH "UNKNOWN")
     endif()
-elseif (EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-COMMIT" AND EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-TAG")
-    file(READ "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-TAG" GIT_TAG)
-    string(STRIP ${GIT_TAG} GIT_TAG)
-endif()
+    string(SUBSTRING "${GIT_REV}" 0 7 GIT_SHORT_REV)
 
-if (DEFINED GIT_TAG AND NOT "${GIT_TAG}" STREQUAL "unknown")
-    set(BUILD_VERSION "${GIT_TAG}")
-    set(BUILD_FULLNAME "${BUILD_VERSION}")
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+    # Set build version
+    set(REPO_NAME "")
+    set(BUILD_VERSION "0")
+    set(BUILD_FULLNAME "${GIT_SHORT_REV}")
+    if (DEFINED ENV{CI} AND DEFINED ENV{GITHUB_ACTIONS})
+        if ($ENV{GITHUB_REF_TYPE} STREQUAL "tag")
+            set(GIT_TAG $ENV{GITHUB_REF_NAME})
+        endif()
+    elseif (EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-COMMIT" AND EXISTS "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-TAG")
+        file(READ "${SRC_DIR}/GIT-TAG" GIT_TAG)
+        string(STRIP ${GIT_TAG} GIT_TAG)
+    endif()
+
+    if (DEFINED GIT_TAG AND NOT "${GIT_TAG}" STREQUAL "unknown")
+        set(BUILD_VERSION "${GIT_TAG}")
+        set(BUILD_FULLNAME "${BUILD_VERSION}")
+    endif()
+endmacro()
diff --git a/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake b/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
index ad85ae0b7..8d0f63cdc 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${SRC_DIR}/CMakeModules")
 include(GenerateBuildInfo)
+generate_build_info()
 
 # The variable SRC_DIR must be passed into the script (since it uses the current build directory for all values of CMAKE_*_DIR)
 set(VIDEO_CORE "${SRC_DIR}/src/video_core")
diff --git a/src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt b/src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt
index 182423a2b..988036f4f 100644
--- a/src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/citra_meta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ if (APPLE)
 
     # Define app bundle metadata.
     include(GenerateBuildInfo)
+    set(SRC_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+    generate_build_info()
     set_target_properties(citra_meta PROPERTIES
         MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE
         MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST "${DIST_DIR}/Info.plist.in"