move version info to the top of the output

Makefile

@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ endef
 define BUILD
     MAKE_VARS += VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE) COLOR=$(COLOR)
     COMMANDS += $$(COMMAND)
+    MAKE_MSG = QMK Firmware v$$(shell git describe --abbrev=0 --tags 2>/dev/null)\n\n$(MAKE_MSG)
     COMMAND_true_$$(COMMAND) := \
         printf "$$(MAKE_MSG)" | \
         $$(MAKE_MSG_FORMAT); \
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ define BUILD_TEST
     COMMAND := $1
     MAKE_CMD := $$(MAKE) -r -R -C $(ROOT_DIR) -f build_test.mk $$(MAKE_TARGET)
     MAKE_VARS := TEST=$$(TEST_NAME) FULL_TESTS="$$(FULL_TESTS)"
-    MAKE_MSG := $$(MSG_MAKE_TEST)
+    MAKE_MSG := QMK Firmware v$$(shell git describe --abbrev=0 --tags 2>/dev/null)\n\n$$(MSG_MAKE_TEST)
     $$(eval $$(call BUILD))
     ifneq ($$(MAKE_TARGET),clean)
         TEST_EXECUTABLE := $$(TEST_DIR)/$$(TEST_NAME).elf

tmk_core/rules.mk

@@ -237,10 +237,6 @@ sizeafter: $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARGET).hex
 	# test file sizes eventually
 	# @if [[ $($(SIZE) --target=$(FORMAT) $(TARGET).hex | $(AWK) 'NR==2 {print "0x"$5}') -gt 0x200 ]]; then $(SECHO) "File is too big!"; fi
 
-# Display qmk version information.
-qmkversion :
-	@$(SILENT) || printf "QMK Firmware v$(shell git describe --abbrev=0 --tags 2>/dev/null)\n\n"
-
 # Display compiler version information.
 gccversion :
 	@$(SILENT) || $(CC) --version
@@ -279,7 +275,7 @@ gccversion :
 	$(eval CMD=$(BIN) $< $@ || exit 0)
 	@$(BUILD_CMD)
 
-BEGIN = qmkversion gccversion sizebefore
+BEGIN = gccversion sizebefore
 
 # Link: create ELF output file from object files.
 .SECONDARY : $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARGET).elf