diff --git a/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake b/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
--- a/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 
 # generate git/build information
 include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
-get_git_head_revision(GIT_REF_SPEC GIT_REV)
-git_describe(GIT_DESC --always --long --dirty)
-git_branch_name(GIT_BRANCH)
-get_timestamp(BUILD_DATE)
+#get_git_head_revision(GIT_REF_SPEC GIT_REV)
+#git_describe(GIT_DESC --always --long --dirty)
+#git_branch_name(GIT_BRANCH)
+#get_timestamp(BUILD_DATE)
 
 # Generate cpp with Git revision from template
 # Also if this is a CI build, add the build name (ie: Nightly, Canary) to the scm_rev file as well
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@ endif()
 
 # The variable SRC_DIR must be passed into the script
 # (since it uses the current build directory for all values of CMAKE_*_DIR)
+set(BUILD_FULLNAME "${BUILD_FULLNAME} ")
 configure_file("${SRC_DIR}/src/common/scm_rev.cpp.in" "scm_rev.cpp" @ONLY)
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
       -DBUILD_TAG=${BUILD_TAG}
       -DBUILD_ID=${DISPLAY_VERSION}
       -DGIT_EXECUTABLE=${GIT_EXECUTABLE}
+      -DGIT_REF_SPEC=${GIT_REF_SPEC}
+      -DGIT_REV=${GIT_REV}
+      -DGIT_DESC=${GIT_DESC}
+      -DGIT_BRANCH=${GIT_BRANCH}
+      -DBUILD_FULLNAME=${BUILD_FULLNAME}
+      -DBUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}
       -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
     DEPENDS
       # WARNING! It was too much work to try and make a common location for this list,