diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
index acde57fd91..c4fc2e65ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
+      - name: Prepare runner
+        uses: XRPLF/actions/prepare-runner@2cbf481018d930656e9276fcc20dc0e3a0be5b6d
+        with:
+          enable_ccache: false
+
       - name: Get number of processors
         uses: XRPLF/actions/get-nproc@cf0433aa74563aead044a1e395610c96d65a37cf
         id: nproc
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 764e917498..f0d8519327 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,26 +36,6 @@ endif ()
 # Enable ccache to speed up builds.
 include(Ccache)
 
-# make GIT_COMMIT_HASH define available to all sources
-find_package(Git)
-if (Git_FOUND)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} --git-dir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git rev-parse
-                            HEAD OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE OUTPUT_VARIABLE gch)
-    if (gch)
-        set(GIT_COMMIT_HASH "${gch}")
-        message(STATUS gch: ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH})
-        add_definitions(-DGIT_COMMIT_HASH="${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}")
-    endif ()
-
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} --git-dir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git rev-parse
-                            --abbrev-ref HEAD OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE OUTPUT_VARIABLE gb)
-    if (gb)
-        set(GIT_BRANCH "${gb}")
-        message(STATUS gb: ${GIT_BRANCH})
-        add_definitions(-DGIT_BRANCH="${GIT_BRANCH}")
-    endif ()
-endif () # git
-
 if (thread_safety_analysis)
     add_compile_options(-Wthread-safety -D_LIBCPP_ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY_ANNOTATIONS
                         -DXRPL_ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY_ANNOTATIONS)
diff --git a/cmake/GitInfo.cmake b/cmake/GitInfo.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1281182977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/GitInfo.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+include_guard()
+
+set(GIT_BUILD_BRANCH "")
+set(GIT_COMMIT_HASH "")
+
+find_package(Git)
+if (NOT Git_FOUND)
+    message(WARNING "Git not found. Git branch and commit hash will be empty.")
+    return()
+endif ()
+
+set(GIT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
+
+execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} --git-dir=${GIT_DIRECTORY} rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BUILD_BRANCH)
+
+execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} --git-dir=${GIT_DIRECTORY} rev-parse HEAD
+                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_HASH)
+
+message(STATUS "Git branch: ${GIT_BUILD_BRANCH}")
+message(STATUS "Git commit hash: ${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}")
diff --git a/cmake/XrplCore.cmake b/cmake/XrplCore.cmake
index e54dd09953..cd44f29df9 100644
--- a/cmake/XrplCore.cmake
+++ b/cmake/XrplCore.cmake
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ include(target_link_modules)
 add_module(xrpl beast)
 target_link_libraries(xrpl.libxrpl.beast PUBLIC xrpl.imports.main)
 
+include(GitInfo)
+add_module(xrpl git)
+target_compile_definitions(xrpl.libxrpl.git PRIVATE GIT_COMMIT_HASH="${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}"
+                                                    GIT_BUILD_BRANCH="${GIT_BUILD_BRANCH}")
+target_link_libraries(xrpl.libxrpl.git PUBLIC xrpl.imports.main)
+
 # Level 02
 add_module(xrpl basics)
 target_link_libraries(xrpl.libxrpl.basics PUBLIC xrpl.libxrpl.beast)
@@ -71,7 +77,8 @@ target_link_libraries(xrpl.libxrpl.crypto PUBLIC xrpl.libxrpl.basics)
 
 # Level 04
 add_module(xrpl protocol)
-target_link_libraries(xrpl.libxrpl.protocol PUBLIC xrpl.libxrpl.crypto xrpl.libxrpl.json)
+target_link_libraries(xrpl.libxrpl.protocol PUBLIC xrpl.libxrpl.crypto xrpl.libxrpl.git
+                                                   xrpl.libxrpl.json)
 
 # Level 05
 add_module(xrpl core)
@@ -135,6 +142,7 @@ target_link_modules(
     conditions
     core
     crypto
+    git
     json
     ledger
     net
diff --git a/cmake/XrplInstall.cmake b/cmake/XrplInstall.cmake
index 4cbf381f87..666fc0712f 100644
--- a/cmake/XrplInstall.cmake
+++ b/cmake/XrplInstall.cmake
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ install(TARGETS common
                 xrpl.libxrpl.conditions
                 xrpl.libxrpl.core
                 xrpl.libxrpl.crypto
+                xrpl.libxrpl.git
                 xrpl.libxrpl.json
                 xrpl.libxrpl.rdb
                 xrpl.libxrpl.ledger
diff --git a/include/xrpl/beast/core/SemanticVersion.h b/include/xrpl/beast/core/SemanticVersion.h
index 1d3525de25..f839ef8c53 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/beast/core/SemanticVersion.h
+++ b/include/xrpl/beast/core/SemanticVersion.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace beast {
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@ public:
 
     SemanticVersion();
 
-    SemanticVersion(std::string const& version);
+    SemanticVersion(std::string_view version);
 
     /** Parse a semantic version string.
         The parsing is as strict as possible.
         @return `true` if the string was parsed.
     */
     bool
-    parse(std::string const& input);
+    parse(std::string_view input);
 
     /** Produce a string from semantic version components. */
     std::string
diff --git a/include/xrpl/git/Git.h b/include/xrpl/git/Git.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..001c09aea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/xrpl/git/Git.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace xrpl::git {
+
+std::string const&
+getCommitHash();
+
+std::string const&
+getBuildBranch();
+
+}  // namespace xrpl::git
diff --git a/include/xrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.h b/include/xrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.h
index 3c42a4323f..cc7633cfe1 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.h
+++ b/include/xrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ getFullVersionString();
     @return the encoded version in a 64-bit integer
 */
 std::uint64_t
-encodeSoftwareVersion(char const* const versionStr);
+encodeSoftwareVersion(std::string_view versionStr);
 
 /** Returns this server's version packed in a 64-bit integer. */
 std::uint64_t
diff --git a/src/libxrpl/beast/core/SemanticVersion.cpp b/src/libxrpl/beast/core/SemanticVersion.cpp
index b18043d5f0..06cd622722 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/beast/core/SemanticVersion.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/beast/core/SemanticVersion.cpp
@@ -138,14 +138,14 @@ SemanticVersion::SemanticVersion() : majorVersion(0), minorVersion(0), patchVers
 {
 }
 
-SemanticVersion::SemanticVersion(std::string const& version) : SemanticVersion()
+SemanticVersion::SemanticVersion(std::string_view version) : SemanticVersion()
 {
     if (!parse(version))
         throw std::invalid_argument("invalid version string");
 }
 
 bool
-SemanticVersion::parse(std::string const& input)
+SemanticVersion::parse(std::string_view input)
 {
     // May not have leading or trailing whitespace
     auto left_iter = std::find_if_not(input.begin(), input.end(), [](std::string::value_type c) {
diff --git a/src/libxrpl/git/Git.cpp b/src/libxrpl/git/Git.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2992852632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libxrpl/git/Git.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "xrpl/git/Git.h"
+
+#include <string>
+
+#ifndef GIT_COMMIT_HASH
+#error "GIT_COMMIT_HASH must be defined"
+#endif
+#ifndef GIT_BUILD_BRANCH
+#error "GIT_BUILD_BRANCH must be defined"
+#endif
+
+namespace xrpl::git {
+
+static constexpr char kGIT_COMMIT_HASH[] = GIT_COMMIT_HASH;
+static constexpr char kGIT_BUILD_BRANCH[] = GIT_BUILD_BRANCH;
+
+std::string const&
+getCommitHash()
+{
+    static std::string const kVALUE = kGIT_COMMIT_HASH;
+    return kVALUE;
+}
+
+std::string const&
+getBuildBranch()
+{
+    static std::string const kVALUE = kGIT_BUILD_BRANCH;
+    return kVALUE;
+}
+
+}  // namespace xrpl::git
diff --git a/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp b/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
index 32b3431798..c7531f8376 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <xrpl/basics/contract.h>
 #include <xrpl/beast/core/LexicalCast.h>
 #include <xrpl/beast/core/SemanticVersion.h>
+#include <xrpl/git/Git.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.h>
 
 #include <boost/preprocessor/stringize.hpp>
@@ -14,44 +15,60 @@ namespace xrpl {
 
 namespace BuildInfo {
 
+namespace {
+
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  The build version number. You must edit this for each release
 //  and follow the format described at http://semver.org/
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // clang-format off
 char const* const versionString = "3.2.0-b0"
-// clang-format on
-
-#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(SANITIZERS)
-    "+"
-#ifdef GIT_COMMIT_HASH
-    GIT_COMMIT_HASH
-    "."
-#endif
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    "DEBUG"
-#ifdef SANITIZERS
-    "."
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifdef SANITIZERS
-    BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(SANITIZERS)  // cspell: disable-line
-#endif
-#endif
-
-    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // clang-format on
     ;
 
 //
 // Don't touch anything below this line
 //
 
+std::string
+buildVersionString()
+{
+    std::string version = versionString;
+
+#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(SANITIZERS)
+    std::string metadata;
+
+    std::string const& commitHash = xrpl::git::getCommitHash();
+    if (!commitHash.empty())
+        metadata += commitHash + ".";
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    metadata += "DEBUG";
+#endif
+
+#if defined(DEBUG) && defined(SANITIZERS)
+    metadata += ".";
+#endif
+
+#ifdef SANITIZERS
+    metadata += BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(SANITIZERS);  // cspell: disable-line
+#endif
+
+    if (!metadata.empty())
+        version += "+" + metadata;
+#endif
+
+    return version;
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
 std::string const&
 getVersionString()
 {
     static std::string const value = [] {
-        std::string const s = versionString;
+        std::string const s = buildVersionString();
+
         beast::SemanticVersion v;
         if (!v.parse(s) || v.print() != s)
             LogicError(s + ": Bad server version string");
@@ -71,13 +88,13 @@ static constexpr std::uint64_t implementationVersionIdentifier = 0x183B'0000'000
 static constexpr std::uint64_t implementationVersionIdentifierMask = 0xFFFF'0000'0000'0000LLU;
 
 std::uint64_t
-encodeSoftwareVersion(char const* const versionStr)
+encodeSoftwareVersion(std::string_view versionStr)
 {
     std::uint64_t c = implementationVersionIdentifier;
 
     beast::SemanticVersion v;
 
-    if (v.parse(std::string(versionStr)))
+    if (v.parse(versionStr))
     {
         if (v.majorVersion >= 0 && v.majorVersion <= 255)
             c |= static_cast<std::uint64_t>(v.majorVersion) << 40;
@@ -137,7 +154,7 @@ encodeSoftwareVersion(char const* const versionStr)
 std::uint64_t
 getEncodedVersion()
 {
-    static std::uint64_t const cookie = {encodeSoftwareVersion(versionString)};
+    static std::uint64_t const cookie = {encodeSoftwareVersion(getVersionString())};
     return cookie;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/main/Main.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/main/Main.cpp
index 83bdb51ec1..32d246f493 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/main/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/main/Main.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <xrpl/basics/Log.h>
 #include <xrpl/beast/core/CurrentThreadName.h>
+#include <xrpl/git/Git.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.h>
 #include <xrpl/server/Vacuum.h>
 
@@ -476,12 +477,8 @@ run(int argc, char** argv)
     if (vm.count("version"))
     {
         std::cout << "rippled version " << BuildInfo::getVersionString() << std::endl;
-#ifdef GIT_COMMIT_HASH
-        std::cout << "Git commit hash: " << GIT_COMMIT_HASH << std::endl;
-#endif
-#ifdef GIT_BRANCH
-        std::cout << "Git build branch: " << GIT_BRANCH << std::endl;
-#endif
+        std::cout << "Git commit hash: " << xrpl::git::getCommitHash() << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "Git build branch: " << xrpl::git::getBuildBranch() << std::endl;
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/misc/NetworkOPs.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/misc/NetworkOPs.cpp
index 8178611c61..b8663a76fb 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/misc/NetworkOPs.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/misc/NetworkOPs.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <xrpl/core/PerfLog.h>
 #include <xrpl/crypto/RFC1751.h>
 #include <xrpl/crypto/csprng.h>
+#include <xrpl/git/Git.h>
 #include <xrpl/ledger/AmendmentTable.h>
 #include <xrpl/ledger/OrderBookDB.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.h>
@@ -2593,17 +2594,14 @@ NetworkOPsImp::getServerInfo(bool human, bool admin, bool counters)
             }
         }
 
-#if defined(GIT_COMMIT_HASH) || defined(GIT_BRANCH)
+        if (!xrpl::git::getCommitHash().empty() || !xrpl::git::getBuildBranch().empty())
         {
             auto& x = (info[jss::git] = Json::objectValue);
-#ifdef GIT_COMMIT_HASH
-            x[jss::hash] = GIT_COMMIT_HASH;
-#endif
-#ifdef GIT_BRANCH
-            x[jss::branch] = GIT_BRANCH;
-#endif
+            if (!xrpl::git::getCommitHash().empty())
+                x[jss::hash] = xrpl::git::getCommitHash();
+            if (!xrpl::git::getBuildBranch().empty())
+                x[jss::branch] = xrpl::git::getBuildBranch();
         }
-#endif
     }
     info[jss::io_latency_ms] = static_cast<Json::UInt>(registry_.app().getIOLatency().count());