From a37a65eb47ae63e033d9c792bebdc402d5991f06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 23:00:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a GDAL_RELEASE_NICKNAME define

---
 HOWTO-RELEASE           |  3 +++
 gcore/gdal_misc.cpp     | 12 ++++++++----
 gcore/gdal_version.h.in |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/HOWTO-RELEASE b/HOWTO-RELEASE
index 81b1bc871d17..dc39dea92af4 100644
--- a/HOWTO-RELEASE
+++ b/HOWTO-RELEASE
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Process :
    (*NOT* gdal_version.h which is a generated file)
    Note: the format of GDAL_RELEASE_DATE should be YYYYMMDD.
 
+   Update the release nickname of GDAL_RELEASE_NICKNAME to whatever makes sense
+   to the release manager.
+
 3) Update two instances of year in CITATION file to the current year.
 
 4) Update "version" and "date-released" in CITATION.cff (Note: the DOI does
diff --git a/gcore/gdal_misc.cpp b/gcore/gdal_misc.cpp
index 5159ccc90130..06ecf3d43eac 100644
--- a/gcore/gdal_misc.cpp
+++ b/gcore/gdal_misc.cpp
@@ -2836,6 +2836,8 @@ int CPL_STDCALL GDALWriteWorldFile(const char *pszBaseFilename,
  * <li> "RELEASE_DATE": Returns GDAL_RELEASE_DATE formatted as a
  * string. i.e. "20230312".</li>
  * <li> "RELEASE_NAME": Returns the GDAL_RELEASE_NAME. ie. "3.6.3"</li>
+ * <li> "RELEASE_NICKNAME": (>= 3.11) Returns the GDAL_RELEASE_NICKNAME.
+ * i.e. "Trans rights are human rights"</li>
  * <li> "--version": Returns one line version message suitable for
  * use in response to --version requests.  i.e. "GDAL 3.6.3, released
  * 2023/03/12"</li>
@@ -2999,12 +3001,14 @@ const char *CPL_STDCALL GDALVersionInfo(const char *pszRequest)
         osVersionInfo.Printf("%d", GDAL_RELEASE_DATE);
     else if (EQUAL(pszRequest, "RELEASE_NAME"))
         osVersionInfo.Printf(GDAL_RELEASE_NAME);
+    else if (EQUAL(pszRequest, "RELEASE_NICKNAME"))
+        osVersionInfo.Printf(GDAL_RELEASE_NICKNAME);
     else  // --version
     {
-        osVersionInfo.Printf("GDAL %s, released %d/%02d/%02d",
-                             GDAL_RELEASE_NAME, GDAL_RELEASE_DATE / 10000,
-                             (GDAL_RELEASE_DATE % 10000) / 100,
-                             GDAL_RELEASE_DATE % 100);
+        osVersionInfo.Printf(
+            "GDAL %s \"%s\", released %d/%02d/%02d", GDAL_RELEASE_NAME,
+            GDAL_RELEASE_NICKNAME, GDAL_RELEASE_DATE / 10000,
+            (GDAL_RELEASE_DATE % 10000) / 100, GDAL_RELEASE_DATE % 100);
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
         // Cf https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Common-Predefined-Macros.html
         // also true for CLang
diff --git a/gcore/gdal_version.h.in b/gcore/gdal_version.h.in
index 3173bb2a56b7..6cbd3885139f 100644
--- a/gcore/gdal_version.h.in
+++ b/gcore/gdal_version.h.in
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@
 #ifndef GDAL_RELEASE_NAME
 #  define GDAL_RELEASE_NAME     "3.11.0dev"
 #endif
+
+#define GDAL_RELEASE_NICKNAME   "Trans rights are human rights"
+
 #endif