Pass the abbreviated Git revision

The abbreviated Git revision hash (e.g. "267480b") is typically contained in ‘gitTag’ as well, but the latter can contain other elements as well, e.g., the delta to the closest tag. That may be undesirable in version strings, so this is an alternative.

Created by  Eelco Dolstra  on December 6, 2011
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