new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
  from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
  from sys import exit
  
  
  def run(*cmd):
      process = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE)
      output, err = process.communicate()
      if process.wait():
          exit(1)
      return output.strip()
  
  
  def main():
      tags = run("git", "describe", "--tags")
      print("STABLE_buildVersion", tags.split(b"-")[0])
  
      revision = run("git", "rev-parse", "HEAD")
      print("STABLE_buildScmRevision", revision)
  
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      main()
  
subject: Rewrite status.sh in Python (#631)