build: determine electron version from tags not files (#36106)

* build: determine electron version from tags not files

* build: make electron_version dependent on packed-refs and git HEAD

* build: do not delete electron/.git

* build: do not revert a commit we didn't make

* build: gen version file instead of just writing it

* build: update cache and ninja targets

* build: copy resource.h to generated electron.rc

* build: electron_win32_resources should be public deps

* build: also copy the icon

build/templates/electron_rc.tmpl

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+// Microsoft Visual C++ generated resource script.
+//
+#include "resource.h"
+
+#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
+//
+#include "windows.h"
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// English (United States) resources
+
+#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
+
+#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// TEXTINCLUDE
+//
+
+1 TEXTINCLUDE
+BEGIN
+    "resource.h\0"
+END
+
+2 TEXTINCLUDE
+BEGIN
+    "#include ""windows.h""\r\n"
+    "\0"
+END
+
+3 TEXTINCLUDE
+BEGIN
+    "\r\n"
+    "\0"
+END
+
+#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Version
+//
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION $major,$minor,$patch,$prerelease_number
+ PRODUCTVERSION $major,$minor,$patch,$prerelease_number
+ FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+ FILEFLAGS 0x1L
+#else
+ FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+#endif
+ FILEOS 0x40004L
+ FILETYPE 0x1L
+ FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "GitHub, Inc."
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "Electron"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "$major.$minor.$patch"
+            VALUE "InternalName", "electron.exe"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2015 GitHub, Inc. All rights reserved."
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "electron.exe"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "Electron"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "$major.$minor.$patch"
+            VALUE "SquirrelAwareVersion", "1"
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+    END
+END
+
+#endif    // English (United States) resources
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+
+#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
+//
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#endif    // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Icon
+//
+
+IDR_MAINFRAME           ICON                    "electron.ico"
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

build/templates/version_string.tmpl

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+$full_version