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doc/source/whatsnew/v0.24.0.txt

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Other Enhancements
 - :class:`Resampler` now is iterable like :class:`GroupBy` (:issue:`15314`).
 - :meth:`Series.resample` and :meth:`DataFrame.resample` have gained the :meth:`Resampler.quantile` (:issue:`15023`).
 - :meth:`Index.to_frame` now supports overriding column name(s) (:issue:`22580`).
-
+- New attribute :attr:`__git_version__` will return git commit sha of current build (:issue:`21295` ).
 .. _whatsnew_0240.api_breaking:
 
 Backwards incompatible API changes

pandas/__init__.py

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 from ._version import get_versions
 v = get_versions()
 __version__ = v.get('closest-tag', v['version'])
+__git_version__ = v.get('full-revisionid')
 del get_versions, v
 
 # module level doc-string

pandas/tests/test_common.py

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import collections
+import string
 from functools import partial
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+import pandas as pd
 from pandas import Series, Timestamp
 from pandas.core import (
     common as com,
@@ -110,3 +112,10 @@ def test_standardize_mapping():
 
     dd = collections.defaultdict(list)
     assert isinstance(com.standardize_mapping(dd), partial)
+
+
+def test_git_version():
+    # GH 21295
+    git_version = pd.__git_version__
+    assert len(git_version) == 40
+    assert all(c in string.hexdigits for c in git_version)