I agree with @worktycho about all those maintenance costs involved to generate a human-readable version number. The git commit ID should be good enough.
The commit ID is already "burnt" into the executable (at least when building on CI and on the nightbuild servers), it shouldn't be that difficult to export it through an API for plugins to use.
The commit ID is already "burnt" into the executable (at least when building on CI and on the nightbuild servers), it shouldn't be that difficult to export it through an API for plugins to use.