How to set Xcode build number to the current number of git commits

All you need to do to enable this technique is to add a run script build phase any time after “Copy Bundle Resources”:

#
# Set the build number to the current git commit count.
# If we're using the Dev scheme, then we'll suffix the build
# number with the current branch name, to make collisions
# far less likely across feature branches.
#

git=`sh /etc/profile; which git`
appBuild=`"$git" rev-list --all |wc -l`
if [ $CONFIGURATION = "Debug" ]; then
branchName=`"$git" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleVersion $appBuild-$branchName" "${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_PATH}"
else
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleVersion $appBuild" "${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_PATH}"
fi
echo "Updated ${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${INFOPLIST_PATH}"