True, that is the one biggest downside. However, I fount it to be the best automated way to deal with this, short having a centralized database of build numbers

True, that is the one biggest downside. However, I fount it to be the best automated way to deal with this, short having a centralized database of build numbers. In the about window, it's an easy fix. The only place that you can't help having the git short hash is in the Finder, for a Mac app. For iOS apps, this isn't a problem.