import subprocess


def git_describe(request) -> str:
    try:
        git_describe = subprocess.check_output(
            ["git", "describe", "--always"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
        ).decode()
    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
        print("Exception on process, rc=", e.returncode, "output=", e.output)
        git_describe = ""

    try:
        git_date = subprocess.check_output(
            ["git", "show", "-s", r"--format=%cd", r"--date=format:%d-%m-%Y"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
        ).decode()
    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
        print("Exception on process, rc=", e.returncode, "output=", e.output)
        git_date = ""

    return {
        "git_describe": git_describe,
        "git_date": git_date
    }