ext.getBuildVersion = { ->
    // Short-term fix for #1157. Should ideally look into why method is failing.
    try {
        def stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
        exec {
            commandLine 'git' , 'rev-parse' , '--short' , 'HEAD'
            standardOutput = stdout
        }
        return stdout.toString().trim()
    } catch (ignored) {
        return null
    }
}

ext.getBranchName = { ->
    try {
        def stdOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
        exec {
            commandLine 'git', 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'
            standardOutput = stdOut
        }
        return stdOut.toString().trim()
    } catch (ignored) {
        return null
    }
}