Make version append script respect release builds

Users do not care about commit numbers and it only serves to confuse
them. Release builds should not contain build metadata since there
should only be one definitive version.

build_scripts/append_to_version_file.py

@@ -8,14 +8,21 @@ version_file_path = path.join(current_path, "compile_version_string.txt")
 def get_version_string():
     with open(version_file_path, "r") as file:
         contents = file.readline()
-        return contents.strip('"')    
+        return contents.strip('"')
 
 def set_version_string(new_version_string):
     remove(version_file_path)
     with open(version_file_path, "w") as file:
         file.write("\"" + new_version_string + "\"")
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+def main():
     current_version = get_version_string()
-    new_version = current_version + "+" + argv[1]
-    set_version_string(new_version)
+    if "-release" in current_version.lower():
+        current_version.replace("-release", "")
+    else:
+        new_version = current_version + "+" + argv[1]
+
+    set_version_string(new_version)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()