diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b124ad3ee..10ad35373c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ ipch/
 build/
 bin/
 
+# Generated source files
+src/common/scm_rev.cpp
diff --git a/src/common/common.vcxproj b/src/common/common.vcxproj
index 202d00d18e..5048bebff4 100644
--- a/src/common/common.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/common.vcxproj
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="mem_arena.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="msg_handler.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="platform.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="scm_rev.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="std_condition_variable.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="std_mutex.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="std_thread.h" />
@@ -205,12 +206,12 @@
     <ClCompile Include="mem_arena.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="misc.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="msg_handler.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="scm_rev.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="string_util.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="symbols.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="thread.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="timer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="utf8.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="version.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Text Include="CMakeLists.txt" />
diff --git a/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters b/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters
index bd4d27b581..e9ea400228 100644
--- a/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="timer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="utf8.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="symbols.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="scm_rev.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="break_points.cpp" />
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@
     <ClCompile Include="thread.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="timer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="utf8.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="version.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="symbols.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="scm_rev.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Text Include="CMakeLists.txt" />
diff --git a/src/common/scm_rev.h b/src/common/scm_rev.h
index 7f5ce119c4..d346646149 100644
--- a/src/common/scm_rev.h
+++ b/src/common/scm_rev.h
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 namespace Common {
 
 extern const char g_scm_rev[];
-extern const char g_scm_ref_spec[];
+extern const char g_scm_branch[];
 extern const char g_scm_desc[];
 
 } // namespace
-
diff --git a/src/common/scm_rev_gen.js b/src/common/scm_rev_gen.js
index a57d03dda1..29c913b857 100644
--- a/src/common/scm_rev_gen.js
+++ b/src/common/scm_rev_gen.js
@@ -1,80 +1,67 @@
-var wshShell		= new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell")
-var oFS				= new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
+var wshShell        = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell")
+var oFS             = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
 
-var outfile			= "scm_rev.h";
-var cmd_revision	= " rev-parse HEAD";
-var cmd_describe	= " describe --always --long --dirty";
-var cmd_branch		= " rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD";
+var outfile         = "scm_rev.cpp";
+var cmd_revision    = " rev-parse HEAD";
+var cmd_describe    = " describe --always --long --dirty";
+var cmd_branch      = " rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD";
 
-function GetGitExe()
-{
-	for (var gitexe in {"git.cmd":1, "git":1})
-	{
-		try
-		{
-			wshShell.Exec(gitexe);
-			return gitexe;
-		}
-		catch (e)
-		{}
-	}
+function GetGitExe() {
+    for (var gitexe in { "git.cmd": 1, "git": 1 }) {
+        try {
+            wshShell.Exec(gitexe);
+            return gitexe;
+        } catch (e) {
+        }
+    }
 
-	WScript.Echo("Cannot find git or git.cmd, check your PATH:\n" +
-		wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%PATH%"));
-	WScript.Quit(1);
+    WScript.Echo("Cannot find git or git.cmd, check your PATH:\n" +
+        wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%PATH%"));
+    WScript.Quit(1);
 }
 
-function GetFirstStdOutLine(cmd)
-{
-	try
-	{
-		return wshShell.Exec(cmd).StdOut.ReadLine();
-	}
-	catch (e)
-	{
-		// catch "the system cannot find the file specified" error
-		WScript.Echo("Failed to exec " + cmd + " this should never happen");
-		WScript.Quit(1);
-	}
+function GetFirstStdOutLine(cmd) {
+    try {
+        return wshShell.Exec(cmd).StdOut.ReadLine();
+    } catch (e) {
+        // catch "the system cannot find the file specified" error
+        WScript.Echo("Failed to exec " + cmd + " this should never happen");
+        WScript.Quit(1);
+    }
 }
 
-function GetFileContents(f)
-{
-	try
-	{
-		return oFS.OpenTextFile(f).ReadAll();
-	}
-	catch (e)
-	{
-		// file doesn't exist
-		return "";
-	}
+function GetFileContents(f) {
+    try {
+        return oFS.OpenTextFile(f).ReadAll();
+    } catch (e) {
+        // file doesn't exist
+        return "";
+    }
 }
 
 // get info from git
-var gitexe = GetGitExe();
-var revision	= GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_revision);
-var describe	= GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_describe);
-var branch		= GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_branch);
+var gitexe      = GetGitExe();
+var revision    = GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_revision);
+var describe    = GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_describe);
+var branch      = GetFirstStdOutLine(gitexe + cmd_branch);
 var isMaster    = +("master" == branch);
 
 // remove hash (and trailing "-0" if needed) from description
 describe = describe.replace(/(-0)?-[^-]+(-dirty)?$/, '$2');
 
 var out_contents =
-	"#define SCM_REV_STR \"" + revision + "\"\n" +
-	"#define SCM_DESC_STR \"" + describe + "\"\n" +
-	"#define SCM_BRANCH_STR \"" + branch + "\"\n" +
-	"#define SCM_IS_MASTER " + isMaster + "\n";
+    "#include \"common/scm_rev.h\"\n" +
+    "namespace Common {\n" +
+    "    const char g_scm_rev[]      = \"" + revision + "\";\n" +
+    "    const char g_scm_branch[]   = \"" + branch + "\";\n" +
+    "    const char g_scm_desc[]     = \"" + describe + "\";\n" +
+    "}\n";
 
 // check if file needs updating
-if (out_contents == GetFileContents(outfile))
-{
-	WScript.Echo(outfile + " current at " + describe);
-}
-else
-{
-	// needs updating - writeout current info
-	oFS.CreateTextFile(outfile, true).Write(out_contents);
-	WScript.Echo(outfile + " updated to " + describe);
+if (out_contents == GetFileContents(outfile)) {
+    WScript.Echo(outfile + " current at " + describe);
+} else {
+    // needs updating - writeout current info
+    oFS.CreateTextFile(outfile, true).Write(out_contents);
+    WScript.Echo(outfile + " updated to " + describe);
 }
diff --git a/src/common/scm_rev_gen.vcxproj b/src/common/scm_rev_gen.vcxproj
index 6b81c9055b..f4f2a62395 100644
--- a/src/common/scm_rev_gen.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/scm_rev_gen.vcxproj
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="force_rebuild.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="scm_rev.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="scm_rev_gen.js" />