I'm happy to announce a new convenience feature in Firedrake. As of current master, the firedrake-status shell command is available. Typing firedrake-status will print out:

* Your current configuration (ie the contents of firedrake_configuration.get_config())

* The current branch and commit of all the Firedrake components.

* The value of some critical environment variables.

This is useful for working out what state your Firedrake install is in - particularly for checking  that you're using the right set of branches.

Additionally, running:

   firedrake-status --log

will produce a more verbose set of similar configuration information. This will be very helpful for us in helping you debug configuration and installation issues.

Regards,

David