diff --git a/LinuxAddons/bin/generate_version_header_for_marlin b/LinuxAddons/bin/generate_version_header_for_marlin
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# generate_version_header_for_marlin
+
+DIR="$1" export DIR
+OUTFILE="$2" export OUTFILE
+echo "/* This file is automatically generated by an Arduino hook" >"$OUTFILE"
+echo " * Do not manually edit it" >>"$OUTFILE"
+echo " * It does not get committed to the repository" >>"$OUTFILE"
+echo " */" >>"$OUTFILE"
+echo "" >>"$OUTFILE"
+
+echo "#define BUILD_UNIX_DATETIME" `date +%s` >>"$OUTFILE"
+echo "#define STRING_DISTRIBUTION_DATE" `date '+"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"'` >>"$OUTFILE"
+( set +e
+  cd "$DIR"
+  BRANCH=`git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD`
+  if [ "x$BRANCH" == "x" ] ; then
+    BRANCH=""
+  elif [ "x$BRANCH" == "xDevelopment" ] ; then
+    BRANCH=" dev"
+  else
+    BRANCH=" $BRANCH"
+  fi
+  VERSION=`git describe --tags --first-parent 2>/dev/null`
+  if [ "x$VERSION" != "x" ] ; then
+    echo "#define SHORT_BUILD_VERSION \"$VERSION\"" | sed "s/-.*/$BRANCH\"/" >>"$OUTFILE"
+    echo "#define DETAILED_BUILD_VERSION \"$VERSION\"" | sed "s/-/$BRANCH-/" >>"$OUTFILE"
+  else
+    VERSION=`git describe --tags --first-parent --always 2>/dev/null`
+    echo "#define SHORT_BUILD_VERSION \"$BRANCH\"" >>"$OUTFILE"
+    echo "#define DETAILED_BUILD_VERSION \"${BRANCH}-$VERSION\"" >>"$OUTFILE"
+  fi
+  URL=`git config --local --get remote.origin.url | sed "sx.*github.com.xhttps://github.com/x" | sed "sx\.gitx/x"`
+  if [ "x$URL" != "x" ] ; then
+    echo "#define SOURCE_CODE_URL  \""$URL"\"" >>"$OUTFILE"
+    echo "// Deprecated URL definition" >>"$OUTFILE"
+    echo "#define FIRMWARE_URL  \""$URL"\"" >>"$OUTFILE"
+  fi
+)