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diff --git a/lisp/version.el b/lisp/version.el
index cb9d0442ccf..d13d8c31e80 100644
--- a/lisp/version.el
+++ b/lisp/version.el
@@ -99,15 +99,15 @@ to the system configuration; look at `system-configuration' instead."
;; We hope that this alias is easier for people to find.
(defalias 'version 'emacs-version)
+(define-obsolete-variable-alias 'emacs-bzr-version
+ 'emacs-repository-version "24.4")
+
;; Set during dumping, this is a defvar so that it can be setq'd.
(defvar emacs-repository-version nil
"String giving the repository revision from which this Emacs was built.
Value is nil if Emacs was not built from a repository checkout,
or if we could not determine the revision.")
-(define-obsolete-variable-alias 'emacs-bzr-version
- 'emacs-repository-version "24.4")
-
(define-obsolete-function-alias 'emacs-bzr-get-version
'emacs-repository-get-version "24.4")
@@ -135,6 +135,34 @@ Optional argument DIR is a directory to use instead of `source-directory'.
Optional argument EXTERNAL is ignored."
(emacs-repository-version-git (or dir source-directory)))
+(defvar emacs-repository-branch nil
+ "String giving the repository branch from which this Emacs was built.
+Value is nil if Emacs was not built from a repository checkout,
+or if we could not determine the branch.")
+
+(defun emacs-repository-branch-git (dir)
+ "Ask git itself for the branch information for directory DIR."
+ (message "Waiting for git...")
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (let ((default-directory (file-name-as-directory dir)))
+ (and (zerop
+ (with-demoted-errors "Error running git rev-parse --abbrev-ref: %S"
+ (call-process "git" nil '(t nil) nil
+ "rev-parse" "--abbrev-ref" "HEAD")))
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (buffer-substring (point) (line-end-position))))))
+
+(defun emacs-repository-get-branch (&optional dir)
+ "Try to return as a string the repository branch of the Emacs sources.
+The format of the returned string is dependent on the VCS in use.
+Value is nil if the sources do not seem to be under version
+control, or if we could not determine the branch. Note that
+this reports on the current state of the sources, which may not
+correspond to the running Emacs.
+
+Optional argument DIR is a directory to use instead of `source-directory'."
+ (emacs-repository-branch-git (or dir source-directory)))
+
;; We put version info into the executable in the form that `ident' uses.
(purecopy (concat "\n$Id: " (subst-char-in-string ?\n ?\s (emacs-version))
" $\n"))