3 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin_general_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin_general_controller.rb
index b64fcac3e..ec5f95eda 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin_general_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin_general_controller.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class AdminGeneralController < AdminController
 
     def debug
         @admin_current_user = admin_current_user
-        @current_commit = `git log -1 --format="%H"`
+        @current_commit = alaveteli_git_commit
         @current_branch = `git branch | perl -ne 'print $1 if /^\\* (.*)/'`
         @current_version = `git describe --always --tags`
         repo = `git remote show origin -n | perl -ne 'print $1 if m{Fetch URL: .*github\\.com[:/](.*)\\.git}'`
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 535f893f0..88b107861 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -545,6 +545,10 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
         return country
     end
 
+    def alaveteli_git_commit
+      `git log -1 --format="%H"`.strip
+    end
+
     # URL generating functions are needed by all controllers (for redirects),
     # views (for links) and mailers (for use in emails), so include them into
     # all of all.
diff --git a/app/controllers/general_controller.rb b/app/controllers/general_controller.rb
index 15f5df840..939dd1739 100644
--- a/app/controllers/general_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/general_controller.rb
@@ -214,5 +214,14 @@ class GeneralController < ApplicationController
         raise RouteNotFound
     end
 
+    def version
+        respond_to do |format|
+            format.json { render :json => {
+                :alaveteli_git_commit => alaveteli_git_commit,
+                :alaveteli_version => ALAVETELI_VERSION,
+                :ruby_version => RUBY_VERSION
+            }}
+        end
+    end
 end