diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85f6ef28..3907c5b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - `oneShotAction` flag in the `TestTask` class is not static anymore
 - HAL Linux Uart: Baudrate and bits per word are enums now, avoiding misconfigurations
   PR: https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw/pulls/585
+- Major update for version handling, using `git describe` to fetch version information with git.
+  PR: https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw/pulls/601
+  - Place `Version` class outside of `fsfw` namespace. It is generic
+  - Add helper functions provided by [`cmake-modules`](https://github.com/bilke/cmake-modules)
+    manually now. Those should not change too often and only a small subset is needed
+  - Separate folder for easier update and for distinction
+  - LICENSE file included
+  - use `int` for version numbers to allow unset or uninitialized version
+  - Initialize Version object with numbers set to -1
+  - Instead of hardcoding the git hash, it is now retrieved from git
+  - `Version` now allows specifying additional version information like the git SHA1 hash and the
+    versions since the last tag
+  - Additional information is set to the last part of the git describe output for `FSFW_VERSION` now.
+  - Version still need to be hand-updated if the FSFW is not included as a submodule for now.
 
 ## Removed
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ef11493..ead7f531 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
-set(FSFW_VERSION 4)
-set(FSFW_SUBVERSION 0)
-set(FSFW_REVISION 0)
+set(FSFW_VERSION_IF_GIT_FAILS 4)
+set(FSFW_SUBVERSION_IF_GIT_FAILS 0)
+set(FSFW_REVISION_IF_GIT_FAILS 0)
 
 # Add the cmake folder so the FindSphinx module is found
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake" ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake" )
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cmake-modules")
+set(MSG_PREFIX "fsfw |")
 
 option(FSFW_GENERATE_SECTIONS
     "Generate function and data sections. Required to remove unused code" ON
@@ -45,13 +47,45 @@ set(FSFW_DUMMY_TGT fsfw-dummy)
 project(${LIB_FSFW_NAME})
 add_library(${LIB_FSFW_NAME})
 
+set(FSFW_GIT_VER_HANDLING_OK FALSE)
+# Version handling
+if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
+    message(STATUS "${MSG_PREFIX} Determining version information with git")
+    include(FsfwHelpers)
+    determine_version_with_git("--exclude" "docker_*")
+    if(GIT_INFO)
+        set(FSFW_GIT_INFO ${GIT_INFO} CACHE STRING "Version information retrieved with git describe")
+        list(GET FSFW_GIT_INFO 1 FSFW_VERSION)
+        list(GET FSFW_GIT_INFO 2 FSFW_SUBVERSION)
+        list(GET FSFW_GIT_INFO 3 FSFW_REVISION)
+        list(GET FSFW_GIT_INFO 4 FSFW_VERSION_CST_GIT_SHA1)
+        if(NOT FSFW_VERSION)
+            set(FSFW_VERSION ${FSFW_VERSION_IF_GIT_FAILS})
+        endif()
+        if(NOT FSFW_SUBVERSION)
+            set(FSFW_SUBVERSION ${FSFW_SUBVERSION_IF_GIT_FAILS})
+        endif()
+        if(NOT FSFW_REVISION)
+            set(FSFW_REVISION ${FSFW_REVISION_IF_GIT_FAILS})
+        endif()
+        set(FSFW_GIT_VER_HANDLING_OK TRUE)
+   else()
+        set(FSFW_GIT_VER_HANDLING_OK FALSE)
+   endif()
+endif()
+if(NOT FSFW_GIT_VER_HANDLING_OK)
+    set(FSFW_VERSION ${FSFW_VERSION_IF_GIT_FAILS})
+    set(FSFW_SUBVERSION ${FSFW_SUBVERSION_IF_GIT_FAILS})
+    set(FSFW_REVISION ${FSFW_REVISION_IF_GIT_FAILS})
+endif()
+
 if(FSFW_BUILD_UNITTESTS)
-    message(STATUS "Building the FSFW unittests in addition to the static library")
+    message(STATUS "${MSG_PREFIX} Building the FSFW unittests in addition to the static library")
     # Check whether the user has already installed Catch2 first
     find_package(Catch2 3 QUIET)
     # Not installed, so use FetchContent to download and provide Catch2
     if(NOT Catch2_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Catch2 installation not found. Downloading Catch2 library with FetchContent")
+        message(STATUS "${MSG_PREFIX} Catch2 installation not found. Downloading Catch2 library with FetchContent")
         include(FetchContent)
 
         FetchContent_Declare(
@@ -73,18 +107,11 @@ if(FSFW_BUILD_UNITTESTS)
     add_executable(${FSFW_TEST_TGT})
 
     if(FSFW_TESTS_GEN_COV)
-        message(STATUS "Generating coverage data for the library")
-        message(STATUS "Targets linking against ${LIB_FSFW_NAME} "
+        message(STATUS "${MSG_PREFIX} Generating coverage data for the library")
+        message(STATUS "${MSG_PREFIX} Targets linking against ${LIB_FSFW_NAME} "
             "will be compiled with coverage data as well"
         )
-        include(FetchContent)
-        FetchContent_Declare(
-            cmake-modules
-            GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/bilke/cmake-modules.git
-        )
-        FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cmake-modules)
         set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
-        list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${cmake-modules_SOURCE_DIR})
         include(CodeCoverage)
     endif()
 endif()
@@ -105,17 +132,17 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
 elseif(${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD} LESS 11)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiling the FSFW requires a minimum of C++11 support")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${MSG_PREFIX} Compiling the FSFW requires a minimum of C++11 support")
 endif()
 
 # Backwards comptability
 if(OS_FSFW AND NOT FSFW_OSAL)
-    message(WARNING "Please pass the FSFW OSAL as FSFW_OSAL instead of OS_FSFW")
+    message(WARNING "${MSG_PREFIX} Please pass the FSFW OSAL as FSFW_OSAL instead of OS_FSFW")
     set(FSFW_OSAL OS_FSFW)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT FSFW_OSAL)
-	message(STATUS "No OS for FSFW via FSFW_OSAL set. Assuming host OS")
+	message(STATUS "${MSG_PREFIX} No OS for FSFW via FSFW_OSAL set. Assuming host OS")
 	# Assume host OS and autodetermine from OS_FSFW
 	if(UNIX)
 		set(FSFW_OSAL  "linux" 
@@ -149,7 +176,7 @@ elseif(FSFW_OSAL STREQUAL rtems)
     set(FSFW_OSAL_RTEMS ON)
 else()
     message(WARNING
-        "Invalid operating system for FSFW specified! Setting to host.."
+        "${MSG_PREFIX} Invalid operating system for FSFW specified! Setting to host.."
     )
     set(FSFW_OS_NAME "Host")
     set(OS_FSFW "host")
@@ -158,7 +185,7 @@ endif()
 configure_file(src/fsfw/FSFW.h.in fsfw/FSFW.h)
 configure_file(src/fsfw/FSFWVersion.h.in fsfw/FSFWVersion.h)
 
-message(STATUS "Compiling FSFW for the ${FSFW_OS_NAME} operating system.")
+message(STATUS "${MSG_PREFIX} Compiling FSFW for the ${FSFW_OS_NAME} operating system")
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
@@ -242,8 +269,8 @@ endif()
 if(NOT FSFW_CONFIG_PATH)
     set(DEF_CONF_PATH misc/defaultcfg/fsfwconfig)
     if(NOT FSFW_BUILD_DOCS)
-        message(WARNING "Flight Software Framework configuration path not set!")
-        message(WARNING "Setting default configuration from ${DEF_CONF_PATH} ..")
+        message(WARNING "${MSG_PREFIX} Flight Software Framework configuration path not set")
+        message(WARNING "${MSG_PREFIX} Setting default configuration from ${DEF_CONF_PATH} ..")
     endif()
     add_subdirectory(${DEF_CONF_PATH})
     set(FSFW_CONFIG_PATH ${DEF_CONF_PATH})
diff --git a/cmake/FsfwHelpers.cmake b/cmake/FsfwHelpers.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f22ebde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FsfwHelpers.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Determines the git version with git describe and returns it by setting
+# the GIT_INFO list in the parent scope. The list has the following entries
+# 1. Full version string
+# 2. Major version
+# 3. Minor version
+# 4. Revision
+# 5. git SHA hash and commits since tag
+function(determine_version_with_git)
+    include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
+    git_describe(VERSION ${ARGN})
+    string(FIND ${VERSION} "." VALID_VERSION)
+    if(VALID_VERSION EQUAL -1)
+        message(WARNING "Version string ${VERSION} retrieved with git describe is invalid")
+        return()
+    endif()
+    # Parse the version information into pieces.
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^v([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1" _VERSION_MAJOR "${VERSION}")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" _VERSION_MINOR "${VERSION}")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" _VERSION_PATCH "${VERSION}")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-(.*)" "\\1" VERSION_SHA1 "${VERSION}")
+    set(GIT_INFO ${VERSION})
+    list(APPEND GIT_INFO ${_VERSION_MAJOR})
+    list(APPEND GIT_INFO ${_VERSION_MINOR})
+    list(APPEND GIT_INFO ${_VERSION_PATCH})
+    list(APPEND GIT_INFO ${VERSION_SHA1})
+    set(GIT_INFO ${GIT_INFO} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    message(STATUS "${MSG_PREFIX} Set git version info into GIT_INFO from the git tag ${VERSION}")
+endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/cmake-modules/CodeCoverage.cmake b/cmake/cmake-modules/CodeCoverage.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aef3d943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cmake-modules/CodeCoverage.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,719 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2012 - 2017, Lars Bilke
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+#    list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+#    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+#    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors
+#    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
+#    specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+# DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
+# ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+# (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+# LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+# ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+# SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+# CHANGES:
+#
+# 2012-01-31, Lars Bilke
+# - Enable Code Coverage
+#
+# 2013-09-17, Joakim Söderberg
+# - Added support for Clang.
+# - Some additional usage instructions.
+#
+# 2016-02-03, Lars Bilke
+# - Refactored functions to use named parameters
+#
+# 2017-06-02, Lars Bilke
+# - Merged with modified version from github.com/ufz/ogs
+#
+# 2019-05-06, Anatolii Kurotych
+# - Remove unnecessary --coverage flag
+#
+# 2019-12-13, FeRD (Frank Dana)
+# - Deprecate COVERAGE_LCOVR_EXCLUDES and COVERAGE_GCOVR_EXCLUDES lists in favor
+#   of tool-agnostic COVERAGE_EXCLUDES variable, or EXCLUDE setup arguments.
+# - CMake 3.4+: All excludes can be specified relative to BASE_DIRECTORY
+# - All setup functions: accept BASE_DIRECTORY, EXCLUDE list
+# - Set lcov basedir with -b argument
+# - Add automatic --demangle-cpp in lcovr, if 'c++filt' is available (can be
+#   overridden with NO_DEMANGLE option in setup_target_for_coverage_lcovr().)
+# - Delete output dir, .info file on 'make clean'
+# - Remove Python detection, since version mismatches will break gcovr
+# - Minor cleanup (lowercase function names, update examples...)
+#
+# 2019-12-19, FeRD (Frank Dana)
+# - Rename Lcov outputs, make filtered file canonical, fix cleanup for targets
+#
+# 2020-01-19, Bob Apthorpe
+# - Added gfortran support
+#
+# 2020-02-17, FeRD (Frank Dana)
+# - Make all add_custom_target()s VERBATIM to auto-escape wildcard characters
+#   in EXCLUDEs, and remove manual escaping from gcovr targets
+#
+# 2021-01-19, Robin Mueller
+# - Add CODE_COVERAGE_VERBOSE option which will allow to print out commands which are run
+# - Added the option for users to set the GCOVR_ADDITIONAL_ARGS variable to supply additional
+#   flags to the gcovr command
+#
+# 2020-05-04, Mihchael Davis
+#     - Add -fprofile-abs-path to make gcno files contain absolute paths
+#     - Fix BASE_DIRECTORY not working when defined
+#     - Change BYPRODUCT from folder to index.html to stop ninja from complaining about double defines
+#
+# 2021-05-10, Martin Stump
+#     - Check if the generator is multi-config before warning about non-Debug builds
+#
+# 2022-02-22, Marko Wehle
+#     - Change gcovr output from -o <filename> for --xml <filename> and --html <filename> output respectively.
+#       This will allow for Multiple Output Formats at the same time by making use of GCOVR_ADDITIONAL_ARGS, e.g. GCOVR_ADDITIONAL_ARGS "--txt".
+#
+# USAGE:
+#
+# 1. Copy this file into your cmake modules path.
+#
+# 2. Add the following line to your CMakeLists.txt (best inside an if-condition
+#    using a CMake option() to enable it just optionally):
+#      include(CodeCoverage)
+#
+# 3. Append necessary compiler flags for all supported source files:
+#      append_coverage_compiler_flags()
+#    Or for specific target:
+#      append_coverage_compiler_flags_to_target(YOUR_TARGET_NAME)
+#
+# 3.a (OPTIONAL) Set appropriate optimization flags, e.g. -O0, -O1 or -Og
+#
+# 4. If you need to exclude additional directories from the report, specify them
+#    using full paths in the COVERAGE_EXCLUDES variable before calling
+#    setup_target_for_coverage_*().
+#    Example:
+#      set(COVERAGE_EXCLUDES
+#          '${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/dir1/*'
+#          '/path/to/my/src/dir2/*')
+#    Or, use the EXCLUDE argument to setup_target_for_coverage_*().
+#    Example:
+#      setup_target_for_coverage_lcov(
+#          NAME coverage
+#          EXECUTABLE testrunner
+#          EXCLUDE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/dir1/*" "/path/to/my/src/dir2/*")
+#
+# 4.a NOTE: With CMake 3.4+, COVERAGE_EXCLUDES or EXCLUDE can also be set
+#     relative to the BASE_DIRECTORY (default: PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR)
+#     Example:
+#       set(COVERAGE_EXCLUDES "dir1/*")
+#       setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_html(
+#           NAME coverage
+#           EXECUTABLE testrunner
+#           BASE_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src"
+#           EXCLUDE "dir2/*")
+#
+# 5. Use the functions described below to create a custom make target which
+#    runs your test executable and produces a code coverage report.
+#
+# 6. Build a Debug build:
+#      cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
+#      make
+#      make my_coverage_target
+#
+
+include(CMakeParseArguments)
+
+option(CODE_COVERAGE_VERBOSE "Verbose information" FALSE)
+
+# Check prereqs
+find_program( GCOV_PATH gcov )
+find_program( LCOV_PATH  NAMES lcov lcov.bat lcov.exe lcov.perl)
+find_program( FASTCOV_PATH NAMES fastcov fastcov.py )
+find_program( GENHTML_PATH NAMES genhtml genhtml.perl genhtml.bat )
+find_program( GCOVR_PATH gcovr PATHS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/test)
+find_program( CPPFILT_PATH NAMES c++filt )
+
+if(NOT GCOV_PATH)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "gcov not found! Aborting...")
+endif() # NOT GCOV_PATH
+
+get_property(LANGUAGES GLOBAL PROPERTY ENABLED_LANGUAGES)
+list(GET LANGUAGES 0 LANG)
+
+if("${CMAKE_${LANG}_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "(Apple)?[Cc]lang")
+    if("${CMAKE_${LANG}_COMPILER_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS 3)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Clang version must be 3.0.0 or greater! Aborting...")
+    endif()
+elseif(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+    if("${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "[Ff]lang")
+        # Do nothing; exit conditional without error if true
+    elseif("${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU")
+        # Do nothing; exit conditional without error if true
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler is not GNU gcc! Aborting...")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+set(COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS "-g -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"
+    CACHE INTERNAL "")
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "(GNU|Clang)")
+    include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+    check_cxx_compiler_flag(-fprofile-abs-path HAVE_fprofile_abs_path)
+    if(HAVE_fprofile_abs_path)
+        set(COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS "${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS} -fprofile-abs-path")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_COVERAGE
+    ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}
+    CACHE STRING "Flags used by the Fortran compiler during coverage builds."
+    FORCE )
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_COVERAGE
+    ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}
+    CACHE STRING "Flags used by the C++ compiler during coverage builds."
+    FORCE )
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_COVERAGE
+    ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}
+    CACHE STRING "Flags used by the C compiler during coverage builds."
+    FORCE )
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_COVERAGE
+    ""
+    CACHE STRING "Flags used for linking binaries during coverage builds."
+    FORCE )
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_COVERAGE
+    ""
+    CACHE STRING "Flags used by the shared libraries linker during coverage builds."
+    FORCE )
+mark_as_advanced(
+    CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_COVERAGE
+    CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_COVERAGE
+    CMAKE_C_FLAGS_COVERAGE
+    CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_COVERAGE
+    CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_COVERAGE )
+
+get_property(GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
+if(NOT (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug" OR GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG))
+    message(WARNING "Code coverage results with an optimised (non-Debug) build may be misleading")
+endif() # NOT (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug" OR GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
+
+if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" OR CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+    link_libraries(gcov)
+endif()
+
+# Defines a target for running and collection code coverage information
+# Builds dependencies, runs the given executable and outputs reports.
+# NOTE! The executable should always have a ZERO as exit code otherwise
+# the coverage generation will not complete.
+#
+# setup_target_for_coverage_lcov(
+#     NAME testrunner_coverage                    # New target name
+#     EXECUTABLE testrunner -j ${PROCESSOR_COUNT} # Executable in PROJECT_BINARY_DIR
+#     DEPENDENCIES testrunner                     # Dependencies to build first
+#     BASE_DIRECTORY "../"                        # Base directory for report
+#                                                 #  (defaults to PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR)
+#     EXCLUDE "src/dir1/*" "src/dir2/*"           # Patterns to exclude (can be relative
+#                                                 #  to BASE_DIRECTORY, with CMake 3.4+)
+#     NO_DEMANGLE                                 # Don't demangle C++ symbols
+#                                                 #  even if c++filt is found
+# )
+function(setup_target_for_coverage_lcov)
+
+    set(options NO_DEMANGLE)
+    set(oneValueArgs BASE_DIRECTORY NAME)
+    set(multiValueArgs EXCLUDE EXECUTABLE EXECUTABLE_ARGS DEPENDENCIES LCOV_ARGS GENHTML_ARGS)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(Coverage "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
+
+    if(NOT LCOV_PATH)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "lcov not found! Aborting...")
+    endif() # NOT LCOV_PATH
+
+    if(NOT GENHTML_PATH)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "genhtml not found! Aborting...")
+    endif() # NOT GENHTML_PATH
+
+    # Set base directory (as absolute path), or default to PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR
+    if(DEFINED Coverage_BASE_DIRECTORY)
+        get_filename_component(BASEDIR ${Coverage_BASE_DIRECTORY} ABSOLUTE)
+    else()
+        set(BASEDIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+    endif()
+
+    # Collect excludes (CMake 3.4+: Also compute absolute paths)
+    set(LCOV_EXCLUDES "")
+    foreach(EXCLUDE ${Coverage_EXCLUDE} ${COVERAGE_EXCLUDES} ${COVERAGE_LCOV_EXCLUDES})
+        if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.4)
+            get_filename_component(EXCLUDE ${EXCLUDE} ABSOLUTE BASE_DIR ${BASEDIR})
+        endif()
+        list(APPEND LCOV_EXCLUDES "${EXCLUDE}")
+    endforeach()
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES LCOV_EXCLUDES)
+
+    # Conditional arguments
+    if(CPPFILT_PATH AND NOT ${Coverage_NO_DEMANGLE})
+      set(GENHTML_EXTRA_ARGS "--demangle-cpp")
+    endif()
+     
+    # Setting up commands which will be run to generate coverage data.
+    # Cleanup lcov
+    set(LCOV_CLEAN_CMD 
+        ${LCOV_PATH} ${Coverage_LCOV_ARGS} --gcov-tool ${GCOV_PATH} -directory . 
+        -b ${BASEDIR} --zerocounters
+    )
+    # Create baseline to make sure untouched files show up in the report
+    set(LCOV_BASELINE_CMD 
+        ${LCOV_PATH} ${Coverage_LCOV_ARGS} --gcov-tool ${GCOV_PATH} -c -i -d . -b 
+        ${BASEDIR} -o ${Coverage_NAME}.base
+    )
+    # Run tests
+    set(LCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD 
+        ${Coverage_EXECUTABLE} ${Coverage_EXECUTABLE_ARGS}
+    )    
+    # Capturing lcov counters and generating report
+    set(LCOV_CAPTURE_CMD 
+        ${LCOV_PATH} ${Coverage_LCOV_ARGS} --gcov-tool ${GCOV_PATH} --directory . -b 
+        ${BASEDIR} --capture --output-file ${Coverage_NAME}.capture
+    )
+    # add baseline counters
+    set(LCOV_BASELINE_COUNT_CMD
+        ${LCOV_PATH} ${Coverage_LCOV_ARGS} --gcov-tool ${GCOV_PATH} -a ${Coverage_NAME}.base 
+        -a ${Coverage_NAME}.capture --output-file ${Coverage_NAME}.total
+    ) 
+    # filter collected data to final coverage report
+    set(LCOV_FILTER_CMD 
+        ${LCOV_PATH} ${Coverage_LCOV_ARGS} --gcov-tool ${GCOV_PATH} --remove 
+        ${Coverage_NAME}.total ${LCOV_EXCLUDES} --output-file ${Coverage_NAME}.info
+    )    
+    # Generate HTML output
+    set(LCOV_GEN_HTML_CMD
+        ${GENHTML_PATH} ${GENHTML_EXTRA_ARGS} ${Coverage_GENHTML_ARGS} -o 
+        ${Coverage_NAME} ${Coverage_NAME}.info
+    )
+    
+
+    if(CODE_COVERAGE_VERBOSE)
+        message(STATUS "Executed command report")
+        message(STATUS "Command to clean up lcov: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " LCOV_CLEAN_CMD_SPACED "${LCOV_CLEAN_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${LCOV_CLEAN_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to create baseline: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " LCOV_BASELINE_CMD_SPACED "${LCOV_BASELINE_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${LCOV_BASELINE_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to run the tests: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " LCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD_SPACED "${LCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${LCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to capture counters and generate report: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " LCOV_CAPTURE_CMD_SPACED "${LCOV_CAPTURE_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${LCOV_CAPTURE_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to add baseline counters: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " LCOV_BASELINE_COUNT_CMD_SPACED "${LCOV_BASELINE_COUNT_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${LCOV_BASELINE_COUNT_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to filter collected data: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " LCOV_FILTER_CMD_SPACED "${LCOV_FILTER_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${LCOV_FILTER_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to generate lcov HTML output: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " LCOV_GEN_HTML_CMD_SPACED "${LCOV_GEN_HTML_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${LCOV_GEN_HTML_CMD_SPACED}")
+    endif()
+
+    # Setup target
+    add_custom_target(${Coverage_NAME}
+        COMMAND ${LCOV_CLEAN_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${LCOV_BASELINE_CMD} 
+        COMMAND ${LCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${LCOV_CAPTURE_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${LCOV_BASELINE_COUNT_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${LCOV_FILTER_CMD} 
+        COMMAND ${LCOV_GEN_HTML_CMD}
+
+        # Set output files as GENERATED (will be removed on 'make clean')
+        BYPRODUCTS
+            ${Coverage_NAME}.base
+            ${Coverage_NAME}.capture
+            ${Coverage_NAME}.total
+            ${Coverage_NAME}.info
+            ${Coverage_NAME}/index.html
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+        DEPENDS ${Coverage_DEPENDENCIES}
+        VERBATIM # Protect arguments to commands
+        COMMENT "Resetting code coverage counters to zero.\nProcessing code coverage counters and generating report."
+    )
+
+    # Show where to find the lcov info report
+    add_custom_command(TARGET ${Coverage_NAME} POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND ;
+        COMMENT "Lcov code coverage info report saved in ${Coverage_NAME}.info."
+    )
+
+    # Show info where to find the report
+    add_custom_command(TARGET ${Coverage_NAME} POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND ;
+        COMMENT "Open ./${Coverage_NAME}/index.html in your browser to view the coverage report."
+    )
+
+endfunction() # setup_target_for_coverage_lcov
+
+# Defines a target for running and collection code coverage information
+# Builds dependencies, runs the given executable and outputs reports.
+# NOTE! The executable should always have a ZERO as exit code otherwise
+# the coverage generation will not complete.
+#
+# setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_xml(
+#     NAME ctest_coverage                    # New target name
+#     EXECUTABLE ctest -j ${PROCESSOR_COUNT} # Executable in PROJECT_BINARY_DIR
+#     DEPENDENCIES executable_target         # Dependencies to build first
+#     BASE_DIRECTORY "../"                   # Base directory for report
+#                                            #  (defaults to PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR)
+#     EXCLUDE "src/dir1/*" "src/dir2/*"      # Patterns to exclude (can be relative
+#                                            #  to BASE_DIRECTORY, with CMake 3.4+)
+# )
+# The user can set the variable GCOVR_ADDITIONAL_ARGS to supply additional flags to the
+# GCVOR command.
+function(setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_xml)
+
+    set(options NONE)
+    set(oneValueArgs BASE_DIRECTORY NAME)
+    set(multiValueArgs EXCLUDE EXECUTABLE EXECUTABLE_ARGS DEPENDENCIES)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(Coverage "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
+
+    if(NOT GCOVR_PATH)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "gcovr not found! Aborting...")
+    endif() # NOT GCOVR_PATH
+
+    # Set base directory (as absolute path), or default to PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR
+    if(DEFINED Coverage_BASE_DIRECTORY)
+        get_filename_component(BASEDIR ${Coverage_BASE_DIRECTORY} ABSOLUTE)
+    else()
+        set(BASEDIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+    endif()
+
+    # Collect excludes (CMake 3.4+: Also compute absolute paths)
+    set(GCOVR_EXCLUDES "")
+    foreach(EXCLUDE ${Coverage_EXCLUDE} ${COVERAGE_EXCLUDES} ${COVERAGE_GCOVR_EXCLUDES})
+        if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.4)
+            get_filename_component(EXCLUDE ${EXCLUDE} ABSOLUTE BASE_DIR ${BASEDIR})
+        endif()
+        list(APPEND GCOVR_EXCLUDES "${EXCLUDE}")
+    endforeach()
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES GCOVR_EXCLUDES)
+
+    # Combine excludes to several -e arguments
+    set(GCOVR_EXCLUDE_ARGS "")
+    foreach(EXCLUDE ${GCOVR_EXCLUDES})
+        list(APPEND GCOVR_EXCLUDE_ARGS "-e")
+        list(APPEND GCOVR_EXCLUDE_ARGS "${EXCLUDE}")
+    endforeach()
+    
+    # Set up commands which will be run to generate coverage data
+    # Run tests
+    set(GCOVR_XML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD
+        ${Coverage_EXECUTABLE} ${Coverage_EXECUTABLE_ARGS}
+    )
+    # Running gcovr
+    set(GCOVR_XML_CMD
+        ${GCOVR_PATH} --xml ${Coverage_NAME}.xml -r ${BASEDIR} ${GCOVR_ADDITIONAL_ARGS}
+        ${GCOVR_EXCLUDE_ARGS} --object-directory=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+    )
+    
+    if(CODE_COVERAGE_VERBOSE)
+        message(STATUS "Executed command report")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to run tests: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " GCOVR_XML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD_SPACED "${GCOVR_XML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${GCOVR_XML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to generate gcovr XML coverage data: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " GCOVR_XML_CMD_SPACED "${GCOVR_XML_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${GCOVR_XML_CMD_SPACED}")
+    endif()
+
+    add_custom_target(${Coverage_NAME}
+        COMMAND ${GCOVR_XML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${GCOVR_XML_CMD}
+        
+        BYPRODUCTS ${Coverage_NAME}.xml
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+        DEPENDS ${Coverage_DEPENDENCIES}
+        VERBATIM # Protect arguments to commands
+        COMMENT "Running gcovr to produce Cobertura code coverage report."
+    )
+
+    # Show info where to find the report
+    add_custom_command(TARGET ${Coverage_NAME} POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND ;
+        COMMENT "Cobertura code coverage report saved in ${Coverage_NAME}.xml."
+    )
+endfunction() # setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_xml
+
+# Defines a target for running and collection code coverage information
+# Builds dependencies, runs the given executable and outputs reports.
+# NOTE! The executable should always have a ZERO as exit code otherwise
+# the coverage generation will not complete.
+#
+# setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_html(
+#     NAME ctest_coverage                    # New target name
+#     EXECUTABLE ctest -j ${PROCESSOR_COUNT} # Executable in PROJECT_BINARY_DIR
+#     DEPENDENCIES executable_target         # Dependencies to build first
+#     BASE_DIRECTORY "../"                   # Base directory for report
+#                                            #  (defaults to PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR)
+#     EXCLUDE "src/dir1/*" "src/dir2/*"      # Patterns to exclude (can be relative
+#                                            #  to BASE_DIRECTORY, with CMake 3.4+)
+# )
+# The user can set the variable GCOVR_ADDITIONAL_ARGS to supply additional flags to the
+# GCVOR command.
+function(setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_html)
+
+    set(options NONE)
+    set(oneValueArgs BASE_DIRECTORY NAME)
+    set(multiValueArgs EXCLUDE EXECUTABLE EXECUTABLE_ARGS DEPENDENCIES)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(Coverage "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
+
+    if(NOT GCOVR_PATH)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "gcovr not found! Aborting...")
+    endif() # NOT GCOVR_PATH
+
+    # Set base directory (as absolute path), or default to PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR
+    if(DEFINED Coverage_BASE_DIRECTORY)
+        get_filename_component(BASEDIR ${Coverage_BASE_DIRECTORY} ABSOLUTE)
+    else()
+        set(BASEDIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+    endif()
+
+    # Collect excludes (CMake 3.4+: Also compute absolute paths)
+    set(GCOVR_EXCLUDES "")
+    foreach(EXCLUDE ${Coverage_EXCLUDE} ${COVERAGE_EXCLUDES} ${COVERAGE_GCOVR_EXCLUDES})
+        if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.4)
+            get_filename_component(EXCLUDE ${EXCLUDE} ABSOLUTE BASE_DIR ${BASEDIR})
+        endif()
+        list(APPEND GCOVR_EXCLUDES "${EXCLUDE}")
+    endforeach()
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES GCOVR_EXCLUDES)
+
+    # Combine excludes to several -e arguments
+    set(GCOVR_EXCLUDE_ARGS "")
+    foreach(EXCLUDE ${GCOVR_EXCLUDES})
+        list(APPEND GCOVR_EXCLUDE_ARGS "-e")
+        list(APPEND GCOVR_EXCLUDE_ARGS "${EXCLUDE}")
+    endforeach()
+
+    # Set up commands which will be run to generate coverage data
+    # Run tests
+    set(GCOVR_HTML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD
+        ${Coverage_EXECUTABLE} ${Coverage_EXECUTABLE_ARGS}
+    )
+    # Create folder
+    set(GCOVR_HTML_FOLDER_CMD
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${Coverage_NAME}
+    )
+    # Running gcovr
+    set(GCOVR_HTML_CMD
+        ${GCOVR_PATH} --html ${Coverage_NAME}/index.html --html-details -r ${BASEDIR} ${GCOVR_ADDITIONAL_ARGS}
+        ${GCOVR_EXCLUDE_ARGS} --object-directory=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+    )
+
+    if(CODE_COVERAGE_VERBOSE)
+        message(STATUS "Executed command report")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to run tests: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " GCOVR_HTML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD_SPACED "${GCOVR_HTML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${GCOVR_HTML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to create a folder: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " GCOVR_HTML_FOLDER_CMD_SPACED "${GCOVR_HTML_FOLDER_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${GCOVR_HTML_FOLDER_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message(STATUS "Command to generate gcovr HTML coverage data: ")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " GCOVR_HTML_CMD_SPACED "${GCOVR_HTML_CMD}")
+        message(STATUS "${GCOVR_HTML_CMD_SPACED}")
+    endif()
+
+    add_custom_target(${Coverage_NAME}
+        COMMAND ${GCOVR_HTML_EXEC_TESTS_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${GCOVR_HTML_FOLDER_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${GCOVR_HTML_CMD}
+
+        BYPRODUCTS ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${Coverage_NAME}/index.html  # report directory
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+        DEPENDS ${Coverage_DEPENDENCIES}
+        VERBATIM # Protect arguments to commands
+        COMMENT "Running gcovr to produce HTML code coverage report."
+    )
+
+    # Show info where to find the report
+    add_custom_command(TARGET ${Coverage_NAME} POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND ;
+        COMMENT "Open ./${Coverage_NAME}/index.html in your browser to view the coverage report."
+    )
+
+endfunction() # setup_target_for_coverage_gcovr_html
+
+# Defines a target for running and collection code coverage information
+# Builds dependencies, runs the given executable and outputs reports.
+# NOTE! The executable should always have a ZERO as exit code otherwise
+# the coverage generation will not complete.
+#
+# setup_target_for_coverage_fastcov(
+#     NAME testrunner_coverage                    # New target name
+#     EXECUTABLE testrunner -j ${PROCESSOR_COUNT} # Executable in PROJECT_BINARY_DIR
+#     DEPENDENCIES testrunner                     # Dependencies to build first
+#     BASE_DIRECTORY "../"                        # Base directory for report
+#                                                 #  (defaults to PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR)
+#     EXCLUDE "src/dir1/" "src/dir2/"             # Patterns to exclude.
+#     NO_DEMANGLE                                 # Don't demangle C++ symbols
+#                                                 #  even if c++filt is found
+#     SKIP_HTML                                   # Don't create html report
+#     POST_CMD perl -i -pe s!${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/!!g ctest_coverage.json  # E.g. for stripping source dir from file paths
+# )
+function(setup_target_for_coverage_fastcov)
+
+    set(options NO_DEMANGLE SKIP_HTML)
+    set(oneValueArgs BASE_DIRECTORY NAME)
+    set(multiValueArgs EXCLUDE EXECUTABLE EXECUTABLE_ARGS DEPENDENCIES FASTCOV_ARGS GENHTML_ARGS POST_CMD)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(Coverage "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
+
+    if(NOT FASTCOV_PATH)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "fastcov not found! Aborting...")
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT Coverage_SKIP_HTML AND NOT GENHTML_PATH)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "genhtml not found! Aborting...")
+    endif()
+
+    # Set base directory (as absolute path), or default to PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR
+    if(Coverage_BASE_DIRECTORY)
+        get_filename_component(BASEDIR ${Coverage_BASE_DIRECTORY} ABSOLUTE)
+    else()
+        set(BASEDIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+    endif()
+
+    # Collect excludes (Patterns, not paths, for fastcov)
+    set(FASTCOV_EXCLUDES "")
+    foreach(EXCLUDE ${Coverage_EXCLUDE} ${COVERAGE_EXCLUDES} ${COVERAGE_FASTCOV_EXCLUDES})
+        list(APPEND FASTCOV_EXCLUDES "${EXCLUDE}")
+    endforeach()
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES FASTCOV_EXCLUDES)
+
+    # Conditional arguments
+    if(CPPFILT_PATH AND NOT ${Coverage_NO_DEMANGLE})
+        set(GENHTML_EXTRA_ARGS "--demangle-cpp")
+    endif()
+
+    # Set up commands which will be run to generate coverage data
+    set(FASTCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD ${Coverage_EXECUTABLE} ${Coverage_EXECUTABLE_ARGS})
+
+    set(FASTCOV_CAPTURE_CMD ${FASTCOV_PATH} ${Coverage_FASTCOV_ARGS} --gcov ${GCOV_PATH}
+        --search-directory ${BASEDIR}
+        --process-gcno
+        --output ${Coverage_NAME}.json
+        --exclude ${FASTCOV_EXCLUDES}
+        --exclude ${FASTCOV_EXCLUDES}
+    )
+    
+    set(FASTCOV_CONVERT_CMD ${FASTCOV_PATH}
+        -C ${Coverage_NAME}.json --lcov --output ${Coverage_NAME}.info
+    )
+
+    if(Coverage_SKIP_HTML)
+        set(FASTCOV_HTML_CMD ";")
+    else()
+        set(FASTCOV_HTML_CMD ${GENHTML_PATH} ${GENHTML_EXTRA_ARGS} ${Coverage_GENHTML_ARGS}
+            -o ${Coverage_NAME} ${Coverage_NAME}.info
+        )
+    endif()
+
+    set(FASTCOV_POST_CMD ";")
+    if(Coverage_POST_CMD)
+        set(FASTCOV_POST_CMD ${Coverage_POST_CMD})
+    endif()
+
+    if(CODE_COVERAGE_VERBOSE)
+        message(STATUS "Code coverage commands for target ${Coverage_NAME} (fastcov):")
+
+        message("   Running tests:")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " FASTCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD_SPACED "${FASTCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD}")
+        message("     ${FASTCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message("   Capturing fastcov counters and generating report:")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " FASTCOV_CAPTURE_CMD_SPACED "${FASTCOV_CAPTURE_CMD}")
+        message("     ${FASTCOV_CAPTURE_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        message("   Converting fastcov .json to lcov .info:")
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " FASTCOV_CONVERT_CMD_SPACED "${FASTCOV_CONVERT_CMD}")
+        message("     ${FASTCOV_CONVERT_CMD_SPACED}")
+
+        if(NOT Coverage_SKIP_HTML)
+            message("   Generating HTML report: ")
+            string(REPLACE ";" " " FASTCOV_HTML_CMD_SPACED "${FASTCOV_HTML_CMD}")
+            message("     ${FASTCOV_HTML_CMD_SPACED}")
+        endif()
+        if(Coverage_POST_CMD)
+            message("   Running post command: ")
+            string(REPLACE ";" " " FASTCOV_POST_CMD_SPACED "${FASTCOV_POST_CMD}")
+            message("     ${FASTCOV_POST_CMD_SPACED}")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+
+    # Setup target
+    add_custom_target(${Coverage_NAME}
+
+        # Cleanup fastcov
+        COMMAND ${FASTCOV_PATH} ${Coverage_FASTCOV_ARGS} --gcov ${GCOV_PATH}
+            --search-directory ${BASEDIR}
+            --zerocounters
+
+        COMMAND ${FASTCOV_EXEC_TESTS_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${FASTCOV_CAPTURE_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${FASTCOV_CONVERT_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${FASTCOV_HTML_CMD}
+        COMMAND ${FASTCOV_POST_CMD}
+
+        # Set output files as GENERATED (will be removed on 'make clean')
+        BYPRODUCTS
+             ${Coverage_NAME}.info
+             ${Coverage_NAME}.json
+             ${Coverage_NAME}/index.html  # report directory
+
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+        DEPENDS ${Coverage_DEPENDENCIES}
+        VERBATIM # Protect arguments to commands
+        COMMENT "Resetting code coverage counters to zero. Processing code coverage counters and generating report."
+    )
+
+    set(INFO_MSG "fastcov code coverage info report saved in ${Coverage_NAME}.info and ${Coverage_NAME}.json.")
+    if(NOT Coverage_SKIP_HTML)
+        string(APPEND INFO_MSG " Open ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${Coverage_NAME}/index.html in your browser to view the coverage report.")
+    endif()
+    # Show where to find the fastcov info report
+    add_custom_command(TARGET ${Coverage_NAME} POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo ${INFO_MSG}
+    )
+
+endfunction() # setup_target_for_coverage_fastcov
+
+function(append_coverage_compiler_flags)
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS} ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    message(STATUS "Appending code coverage compiler flags: ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
+endfunction() # append_coverage_compiler_flags
+
+# Setup coverage for specific library
+function(append_coverage_compiler_flags_to_target name)
+    target_compile_options(${name}
+        PRIVATE ${COVERAGE_COMPILER_FLAGS})
+endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake b/cmake/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1175e673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+# - Returns a version string from Git
+#
+# These functions force a re-configure on each git commit so that you can
+# trust the values of the variables in your build system.
+#
+#  get_git_head_revision(<refspecvar> <hashvar> [<additional arguments to git describe> ...])
+#
+# Returns the refspec and sha hash of the current head revision
+#
+#  git_describe(<var> [<additional arguments to git describe> ...])
+#
+# Returns the results of git describe on the source tree, and adjusting
+# the output so that it tests false if an error occurs.
+#
+#  git_get_exact_tag(<var> [<additional arguments to git describe> ...])
+#
+# Returns the results of git describe --exact-match on the source tree,
+# and adjusting the output so that it tests false if there was no exact
+# matching tag.
+#
+# Requires CMake 2.6 or newer (uses the 'function' command)
+#
+# Original Author:
+# 2009-2010 Ryan Pavlik <rpavlik@iastate.edu> <abiryan@ryand.net>
+# http://academic.cleardefinition.com
+# Iowa State University HCI Graduate Program/VRAC
+#
+# Copyright Iowa State University 2009-2010.
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+if(__get_git_revision_description)
+    return()
+endif()
+set(__get_git_revision_description YES)
+
+# We must run the following at "include" time, not at function call time,
+# to find the path to this module rather than the path to a calling list file
+get_filename_component(_gitdescmoddir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE} PATH)
+
+function(get_git_head_revision _refspecvar _hashvar)
+    set(GIT_PARENT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+    set(GIT_DIR "${GIT_PARENT_DIR}/.git")
+    while(NOT EXISTS "${GIT_DIR}")    # .git dir not found, search parent directories
+        set(GIT_PREVIOUS_PARENT "${GIT_PARENT_DIR}")
+        get_filename_component(GIT_PARENT_DIR ${GIT_PARENT_DIR} PATH)
+        if(GIT_PARENT_DIR STREQUAL GIT_PREVIOUS_PARENT)
+            # We have reached the root directory, we are not in git
+            set(${_refspecvar} "GITDIR-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            set(${_hashvar} "GITDIR-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            return()
+        endif()
+        set(GIT_DIR "${GIT_PARENT_DIR}/.git")
+    endwhile()
+    # check if this is a submodule
+    if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY ${GIT_DIR})
+        file(READ ${GIT_DIR} submodule)
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "gitdir: (.*)\n$" "\\1" GIT_DIR_RELATIVE ${submodule})
+        get_filename_component(SUBMODULE_DIR ${GIT_DIR} PATH)
+
+        if (IS_ABSOLUTE ${GIT_DIR_RELATIVE})
+            set(GIT_DIR ${GIT_DIR_RELATIVE})
+        else()
+            get_filename_component(GIT_DIR ${SUBMODULE_DIR}/${GIT_DIR_RELATIVE} ABSOLUTE)
+        endif()
+
+    endif()
+    set(GIT_DATA "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/git-data")
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${GIT_DATA}")
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${GIT_DATA}")
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${GIT_DIR}/HEAD")
+        return()
+    endif()
+    set(HEAD_FILE "${GIT_DATA}/HEAD")
+    configure_file("${GIT_DIR}/HEAD" "${HEAD_FILE}" COPYONLY)
+
+    configure_file("${_gitdescmoddir}/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in"
+        "${GIT_DATA}/grabRef.cmake"
+        @ONLY)
+    include("${GIT_DATA}/grabRef.cmake")
+
+    set(${_refspecvar} "${HEAD_REF}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(${_hashvar} "${HEAD_HASH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(git_describe _var)
+    if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
+        find_package(Git QUIET)
+    endif()
+    get_git_head_revision(refspec hash)
+    if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
+        set(${_var} "GIT-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+    if(NOT hash)
+        set(${_var} "HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    # TODO sanitize
+    #if((${ARGN}" MATCHES "&&") OR
+    #    (ARGN MATCHES "||") OR
+    #    (ARGN MATCHES "\\;"))
+    #    message("Please report the following error to the project!")
+    #    message(FATAL_ERROR "Looks like someone's doing something nefarious with git_describe! Passed arguments ${ARGN}")
+    #endif()
+
+    #message(STATUS "Arguments to execute_process: ${ARGN}")
+
+    execute_process(COMMAND
+        ${GIT_EXECUTABLE}
+        describe
+        ${hash}
+        ${ARGN}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY
+        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        RESULT_VARIABLE
+        res
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE
+        out
+        ERROR_QUIET
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    if(NOT res EQUAL 0)
+        set(out "${out}-${res}-NOTFOUND")
+    endif()
+
+    set(${_var} "${out}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(git_get_exact_tag _var)
+    git_describe(out --exact-match ${ARGN})
+    set(${_var} "${out}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(git_get_tag _var)
+    git_describe(out --tags ${ARGN})
+    set(${_var} "${out}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in b/cmake/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae19652b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# 
+# Internal file for GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
+#
+# Requires CMake 2.6 or newer (uses the 'function' command)
+#
+# Original Author:
+# 2009-2010 Ryan Pavlik <rpavlik@iastate.edu> <abiryan@ryand.net>
+# http://academic.cleardefinition.com
+# Iowa State University HCI Graduate Program/VRAC
+#
+# Copyright Iowa State University 2009-2010.
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+set(HEAD_HASH)
+
+file(READ "@HEAD_FILE@" HEAD_CONTENTS LIMIT 1024)
+
+string(STRIP "${HEAD_CONTENTS}" HEAD_CONTENTS)
+if(HEAD_CONTENTS MATCHES "ref")
+    # named branch
+    string(REPLACE "ref: " "" HEAD_REF "${HEAD_CONTENTS}")
+    if(EXISTS "@GIT_DIR@/${HEAD_REF}")
+    configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/${HEAD_REF}" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
+    elseif(EXISTS "@GIT_DIR@/logs/${HEAD_REF}")
+        configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/logs/${HEAD_REF}" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
+        set(HEAD_HASH "${HEAD_REF}")
+    endif()
+else()
+    # detached HEAD
+    configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/HEAD" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
+endif()
+
+if(NOT HEAD_HASH)
+file(READ "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" HEAD_HASH LIMIT 1024)
+string(STRIP "${HEAD_HASH}" HEAD_HASH)
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/cmake-modules/LICENSE_1_0.txt b/cmake/cmake-modules/LICENSE_1_0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36b7cd93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cmake-modules/LICENSE_1_0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
+obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
+this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute,
+execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the
+Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to
+do so, all subject to the following:
+
+The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including
+the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer,
+must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and
+all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative
+works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by
+a source language processor.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
+SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/cmake/cmake-modules/README.md b/cmake/cmake-modules/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4692eddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cmake-modules/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+The files in these folder were manually copy and pasted from the
+[cmake-modules repository](https://github.com/bilke/cmake-modules). It was decided to do
+this because only a small subset of its provided functions are needed.
+
+The license file in included here as well.
diff --git a/src/fsfw/FSFWVersion.h.in b/src/fsfw/FSFWVersion.h.in
index 19a56214..3b93bee5 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/FSFWVersion.h.in
+++ b/src/fsfw/FSFWVersion.h.in
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef FSFW_VERSION_H_
 #define FSFW_VERSION_H_
 
-// Versioning is kept in project CMakeLists.txt file
-#define FSFW_VERSION_MAJOR @FSFW_VERSION@
-#define FSFW_VERSION_MINOR @FSFW_SUBVERSION@
-#define FSFW_VERSION_REVISION @FSFW_REVISION@
+// Versioning is managed in project CMakeLists.txt file
+static constexpr int FSFW_VERSION_MAJOR = @FSFW_VERSION@;
+static constexpr int FSFW_VERSION_MINOR = @FSFW_SUBVERSION@;
+static constexpr int FSFW_VERSION_REVISION = @FSFW_REVISION@;
+// Also contains CST (Commits since tag) information
+static const char FSFW_VERSION_CST_GIT_SHA1[] = "@FSFW_VERSION_CST_GIT_SHA1@";
 
 #endif /* FSFW_VERSION_H_ */
diff --git a/src/fsfw/version.cpp b/src/fsfw/version.cpp
index e4a62002..0b2ee60c 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/version.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/version.cpp
@@ -12,12 +12,25 @@
 #undef minor
 #endif
 
-const fsfw::Version fsfw::FSFW_VERSION = {FSFW_VERSION_MAJOR, FSFW_VERSION_MINOR,
-                                          FSFW_VERSION_REVISION};
+const Version fsfw::FSFW_VERSION = {FSFW_VERSION_MAJOR, FSFW_VERSION_MINOR, FSFW_VERSION_REVISION,
+                                    FSFW_VERSION_CST_GIT_SHA1};
 
-fsfw::Version::Version(uint32_t major, uint32_t minor, uint32_t revision)
-    : major(major), minor(minor), revision(revision) {}
+Version::Version(int major, int minor, int revision, const char* addInfo)
+    : major(major), minor(minor), revision(revision), addInfo(addInfo) {}
 
-void fsfw::Version::getVersion(char* str, size_t maxLen) const {
-  snprintf(str, maxLen, "%d.%d.%d", major, minor, revision);
+void Version::getVersion(char* str, size_t maxLen) const {
+  size_t len = snprintf(str, maxLen, "%d.%d.%d", major, minor, revision);
+  if (addInfo != nullptr) {
+    snprintf(str + len, maxLen - len, "-%s", addInfo);
+  }
 }
+
+#if FSFW_CPP_OSTREAM_ENABLED == 1
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Version& v) {
+  os << v.major << "." << v.minor << "." << v.revision;
+  if (v.addInfo != nullptr) {
+    os << "-" << v.addInfo;
+  }
+  return os;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/fsfw/version.h b/src/fsfw/version.h
index bb4d0399..f7d56d91 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/version.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/version.h
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@
 #endif
 #include <cstdint>
 
-namespace fsfw {
-
 class Version {
  public:
-  Version(uint32_t major, uint32_t minor, uint32_t revision);
-  uint32_t major = 0;
-  uint32_t minor = 0;
-  uint32_t revision = 0;
+  Version(int major, int minor, int revision, const char* addInfo = nullptr);
+  int major = -1;
+  int minor = -1;
+  int revision = -1;
+
+  // Additional information, e.g. a git SHA hash
+  const char* addInfo = nullptr;
 
   friend bool operator==(const Version& v1, const Version& v2) {
     return (v1.major == v2.major and v1.minor == v2.minor and v1.revision == v2.revision);
@@ -43,10 +44,7 @@ class Version {
    * @param v
    * @return
    */
-  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Version& v) {
-    os << v.major << "." << v.minor << "." << v.revision;
-    return os;
-  }
+  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Version& v);
 #endif
 
   /**
@@ -57,7 +55,9 @@ class Version {
   void getVersion(char* str, size_t maxLen) const;
 };
 
-extern const fsfw::Version FSFW_VERSION;
+namespace fsfw {
+
+extern const Version FSFW_VERSION;
 
 }  // namespace fsfw
 
diff --git a/tests/src/fsfw_tests/unit/version.cpp b/tests/src/fsfw_tests/unit/version.cpp
index 2967dfa5..a95c1ea9 100644
--- a/tests/src/fsfw_tests/unit/version.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/fsfw_tests/unit/version.cpp
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ TEST_CASE("Version API Tests", "[TestVersionAPI]") {
   // Check that major version is non-zero
   REQUIRE(fsfw::FSFW_VERSION.major > 0);
   uint32_t fsfwMajor = fsfw::FSFW_VERSION.major;
-  REQUIRE(fsfw::Version(255, 0, 0) > fsfw::FSFW_VERSION);
-  REQUIRE(fsfw::Version(255, 0, 0) >= fsfw::FSFW_VERSION);
-  REQUIRE(fsfw::Version(0, 0, 0) < fsfw::FSFW_VERSION);
-  REQUIRE(fsfw::Version(0, 0, 0) <= fsfw::FSFW_VERSION);
-  fsfw::Version v1 = fsfw::Version(1, 1, 1);
-  fsfw::Version v2 = fsfw::Version(1, 1, 1);
+  REQUIRE(Version(255, 0, 0) > fsfw::FSFW_VERSION);
+  REQUIRE(Version(255, 0, 0) >= fsfw::FSFW_VERSION);
+  REQUIRE(Version(0, 0, 0) < fsfw::FSFW_VERSION);
+  REQUIRE(Version(0, 0, 0) <= fsfw::FSFW_VERSION);
+  Version v1 = Version(1, 1, 1);
+  Version v2 = Version(1, 1, 1);
   REQUIRE(v1 == v2);
   REQUIRE(not(v1 < v2));
   REQUIRE(not(v1 > v2));