Make new banner with version info a bit less crowded.

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   _       _ _(_)_     |
  (_)     | (_) (_)    |  A fresh approach to technical computing.
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Version 0 (pre-release)
  | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Commit 8ac33c1 (2011-08-06 15:45:18)
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |
|__/                   |

VERSION

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0 (pre-release)

j/.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /pcre_h.j
-/sys.ji
+/version.j

j/Makefile

@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@ JULIAHOME = $(shell pwd)/..
 include ../Make.inc
 
 PCRE_CONST = 0x[0-9a-fA-F]+|[-+]?\s*[0-9]+
-COMMITVER=$(shell git log -1 | head -n1 | cut -b8-47)
-COMMITDATE=$(shell git log -1 | head -n3 | tail -n1 | cut -b 9-50)
+
+JULIA_VERSION=$(shell cat ../VERSION)
+COMMIT_HASH=$(shell git log -1 --pretty=format:%H)
+COMMIT_DATE=$(shell git log -1 --pretty=format:%ct | xargs perl -MPOSIX=strftime -le 'print strftime "%F %T", gmtime $$ARGV[0]')
 
 all: pcre_h.j version.j
 
 pcre_h.j:
  cpp -dM $(EXTROOT)/include/pcre.h | perl -nle '/^\s*#define\s+(PCRE\w*)\s*\(?($(PCRE_CONST))\)?\s*$$/ and print "$$1 = $$2"' | sort > $@
 
 version.j:
- echo "version() = (0.5, \"$(COMMITVER)\", \"$(COMMITDATE)\")" > version.j
+ echo "VERSION = (\"$(JULIA_VERSION)\", \"$(COMMIT_HASH)\", \"$(COMMIT_DATE)\")" > version.j
 
 clean:
  rm -f pcre_h.j version.j

j/client.j

@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ function color_available()
  false
 end
 
-jl_version_string = strcat("Version ", version()[1], " (pre-release)")
-jl_commit_string = strcat("Commit ", version()[2])
-jl_commit_date = version()[3]
+jl_version_string = "Version $(VERSION[1])"
+jl_commit_string = "Commit $(VERSION[2][1:10]) ($(VERSION[3]))"
 
 jl_banner_plain =
 L" _
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ L" _
  _ _ _| |_ __ _ | $jl_version_string
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | $jl_commit_string
- _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_| | $jl_commit_date
+ _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_| |
 |__/ |
 
 "
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ jl_banner_color =
  $(jl)_ _ _| |_ __ _$(tx) | $jl_version_string
  $(jl)| | | | | | |/ _` |$(tx) |
  $(jl)| | |_| | | | (_| |$(tx) | $jl_commit_string
- $(jl)_/ |\\__'_|_|_|\\__'_|$(tx) | $jl_commit_date
+ $(jl)_/ |\\__'_|_|_|\\__'_|$(tx) |
 $(jl)|__/$(tx) |
 
 \033[0m"