add IdentifyProtobuf()v0.0.78

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/patchset.proto b/patchset.proto
index 6f43da7..c4f99c6 100644
--- a/patchset.proto
+++ b/patchset.proto
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ package forgepb;
 
 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
 
+// this generic message is used by autogen to identify and
+// then dump the uuid and version from any arbitrary .pb file
+message Identify {                                            // `autogenpb:marshal`
+        string                      uuid                = 1;  //
+        string                      version             = 2;  //
+}
+
 message Patch {
         string                      filename            = 1;  // `autogenpb:unique` `autogenpb:sort`
         bytes                       data                = 2;  //