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+/* $Id: rev.cpp.in 26440 2014-04-01 18:33:16Z frosch $ */
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of OpenTTD.
+ * OpenTTD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
+ * OpenTTD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenTTD. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/** @file rev.cpp Autogenerated file with the revision and such of OpenTTD. */
+
+#include "stdafx.h"
+#include "core/bitmath_func.hpp"
+#include "rev.h"
+
+/**
+ * Is this version of OpenTTD a release version?
+ * @return True if it is a release version.
+ */
+bool IsReleasedVersion()
+{
+	return HasBit(_openttd_newgrf_version, 19);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The text version of OpenTTD's revision.
+ * This will be either "<major>.<minor>.<build>[-RC<rc>]",
+ * "r<revision number>[M][-<branch>]" or "norev000".
+ *
+ * The major, minor and build are the numbers that describe releases of
+ * OpenTTD (like 0.5.3). "-RC" is used to flag release candidates.
+ *
+ * The revision number is fairly straight forward. The M is to show that
+ * the binary is made from modified source code. The branch shows the
+ * branch the revision is of and will not be there when it is trunk.
+ *
+ * norev000 is for non-releases that are made on systems without
+ * subversion or sources that are not a checkout of subversion.
+ */
+const char _openttd_revision[] = "1.4.0";
+
+/**
+ * The text version of OpenTTD's build date.
+ * Updating the build date in this file is the safest as it generally gets
+ * updated for each revision in contrary to most other files that only see
+ * updates when they are actually changed themselves.
+ */
+const char _openttd_build_date[] = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
+
+/**
+ * Let us know if current build was modified. This detection
+ * works even in the case when revision string is overridden by
+ * --revision argument.
+ * Value 0 means no modification, 1 is for unknown state
+ * (compiling from sources without any version control software)
+ * and 2 is for modified revision.
+ */
+const byte _openttd_revision_modified = 0;
+
+/**
+ * The NewGRF revision of OTTD:
+ * bits  meaning.
+ * 28-31 major version
+ * 24-27 minor version
+ * 20-23 build
+ *    19 1 if it is a release, 0 if it is not.
+ *  0-18 revision number; 0 for releases and when the revision is unknown.
+ *
+ * The 19th bit is there so the development/betas/alpha, etc. leading to a
+ * final release will always have a lower version number than the released
+ * version, thus making comparisons on specific revisions easy.
+ */
+const uint32 _openttd_newgrf_version = 1 << 28 | 4 << 24 | 0 << 20 | 1 << 19 | (26440 & ((1 << 19) - 1));
+
+#ifdef __MORPHOS__
+/**
+ * Variable used by MorphOS to show the version.
+ */
+extern const char morphos_versions_tag[] = "$VER: OpenTTD 1.4.0 (02.04.14) OpenTTD Team [MorphOS, PowerPC]";
+#endif