Question

I would like to put a placeholder into e.g. the footer.html and have it automatically replaced by the version tag set by git tag xy right after a git pull.

… something like a post pull procedure. Is there any quick way you can do this with git?

Answer 1

You can use git hooks to achieve this. There is no pull hook, but pull actually does fetch and merge, so you can set up a post-merge hook to automatically generate your footer.html file.

Read the relevant chapters on the Pro Git and Community books for more information.