diff --git a/libraries/classes/Command/WriteGitRevisionCommand.php b/libraries/classes/Command/WriteGitRevisionCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7c49c819d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/classes/Command/WriteGitRevisionCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin\Command;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+use function file_put_contents;
+use function shell_exec;
+use function trim;
+use function str_replace;
+use function sprintf;
+
+class WriteGitRevisionCommand extends Command
+{
+    /** @var string */
+    protected static $defaultName = 'write-revision-info';
+
+    /** @var string */
+    private static $generatedClassTemplate = <<<'PHP'
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * This file is generated by scripts/console.
+ *
+ * @see \PhpMyAdmin\Command\WriteGitRevisionCommand
+ */
+return [
+    'revision' => '%s',
+    'revisionUrl' => '%s',
+    'branch' => '%s',
+    'branchUrl' => '%s',
+];
+
+PHP;
+
+    protected function configure(): void
+    {
+        $this->setDescription('Write Git revision');
+        $this->addOption(
+            'remote-commit-url',
+            null,
+            InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL,
+            'The remote URL to a commit',
+            'https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/%s'
+        );
+        $this->addOption(
+            'remote-branch-url',
+            null,
+            InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL,
+            'The remote URL to a branch',
+            'https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/tree/%s'
+        );
+        $this->setHelp('This command generates the revision-info.php file from Git data.');
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
+    {
+        /** @var string $commitUrlFormat */
+        $commitUrlFormat = $input->getOption('remote-commit-url');
+        /** @var string $branchUrlFormat */
+        $branchUrlFormat = $input->getOption('remote-branch-url');
+
+        $generatedClass = $this->getRevisionInfo($commitUrlFormat, $branchUrlFormat);
+        if ($generatedClass === null) {
+            $output->writeln('No revision information detected.');
+
+            return Command::SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        if (! $this->writeGeneratedFile($generatedClass)) {
+            return Command::FAILURE;
+        }
+
+        $output->writeln('revision-info.php successfully generated!');
+
+        return Command::SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    private function getRevisionInfo(string $commitUrlFormat, string $branchUrlFormat): ?string
+    {
+        $revisionText = $this->gitCli('describe --always');
+        if ($revisionText === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $commitHash = $this->gitCli('log -1 --format="%H"');
+        if ($commitHash === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $branchName = $this->gitCli('symbolic-ref -q HEAD') ?? $this->gitCli('name-rev --name-only HEAD 2>/dev/null');
+        if ($branchName === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $branchName = trim(str_replace('refs/heads/', '', $branchName));
+
+        return sprintf(
+            self::$generatedClassTemplate,
+            trim($revisionText),
+            sprintf($commitUrlFormat, trim($commitHash)),
+            trim($branchName),
+            sprintf($branchUrlFormat, $branchName)
+        );
+    }
+
+    protected function gitCli(string $command): ?string
+    {
+        return shell_exec('git ' . $command);
+    }
+
+    private function writeGeneratedFile(string $generatedClass): bool
+    {
+        $result = file_put_contents(
+            ROOT_PATH . 'revision-info.php',
+            $generatedClass
+        );
+
+        return $result !== false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Footer.php b/libraries/classes/Footer.php
index 08bd69e539..512e353090 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Footer.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Footer.php
@@ -82,26 +82,23 @@ class Footer
     {
         $message = '<a href="/">' . __('phpMyAdmin Demo Server') . '</a>: ';
         if (@file_exists(ROOT_PATH . 'revision-info.php')) {
-            $revision = '';
-            $fullrevision = '';
-            $repobase = '';
-            $repobranchbase = '';
-            $branch = '';
-            include ROOT_PATH . 'revision-info.php';
-            $message .= sprintf(
-                __('Currently running Git revision %1$s from the %2$s branch.'),
-                '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="'
-                . htmlspecialchars($repobase . $fullrevision) . '">'
-                . htmlspecialchars($revision) . '</a>',
-                '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="'
-                . htmlspecialchars($repobranchbase . $branch) . '">'
-                . htmlspecialchars($branch) . '</a>'
-            );
-        } else {
-            $message .= __('Git information missing!');
+            $info = include ROOT_PATH . 'revision-info.php';
+            if (is_array($info)) {
+                return Message::notice(
+                    $message . sprintf(
+                        __('Currently running Git revision %1$s from the %2$s branch.'),
+                        '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="'
+                        . htmlspecialchars($info['revisionUrl'] ?? '') . '">'
+                        . htmlspecialchars($info['revision'] ?? '') . '</a>',
+                        '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="'
+                        . htmlspecialchars($info['branchUrl'] ?? '') . '">'
+                        . htmlspecialchars($info['branch'] ?? '') . '</a>'
+                    )
+                )->getDisplay();
+            }
         }
 
-        return Message::notice($message)->getDisplay();
+        return Message::notice($message . __('Git information missing!'))->getDisplay();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Utils/HttpRequest.php b/libraries/classes/Utils/HttpRequest.php
index 77cd33b3c1..16475b26fb 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Utils/HttpRequest.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Utils/HttpRequest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ use const CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST;
 use const CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER;
 use const CURLOPT_TIMEOUT;
 use const CURLOPT_USERAGENT;
+use function getenv;
+use function parse_url;
+use const PHP_SAPI;
+use function is_array;
 
 /**
  * Handles HTTP requests
@@ -59,6 +63,26 @@ class HttpRequest
         $this->proxyPass = $cfg['ProxyPass'];
     }
 
+    public static function setProxySettingsFromEnv(): void
+    {
+        global $cfg;
+
+        $httpProxy = getenv('http_proxy');
+        $urlInfo = parse_url((string) $httpProxy);
+        if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli' || ! is_array($urlInfo)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $proxyUrl = ($urlInfo['host'] ?? '')
+            . (isset($urlInfo['port']) ? ':' . $urlInfo['port'] : '');
+        $proxyUser = $urlInfo['user'] ?? '';
+        $proxyPass = $urlInfo['pass'] ?? '';
+
+        $cfg['ProxyUrl'] = $proxyUrl;
+        $cfg['ProxyUser'] = $proxyUser;
+        $cfg['ProxyPass'] = $proxyPass;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns information with regards to handling the http request
      *
diff --git a/psalm-baseline.xml b/psalm-baseline.xml
index df3718d4e8..034cb8566f 100644
--- a/psalm-baseline.xml
+++ b/psalm-baseline.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@
       <code>$defaultName</code>
     </NonInvariantDocblockPropertyType>
   </file>
+  <file src="libraries/classes/Command/WriteGitRevisionCommand.php">
+    <ForbiddenCode occurrences="1">
+      <code>shell_exec('git ' . $command)</code>
+    </ForbiddenCode>
+    <NonInvariantDocblockPropertyType occurrences="1">
+      <code>$defaultName</code>
+    </NonInvariantDocblockPropertyType>
+  </file>
   <file src="libraries/classes/Config.php">
     <NullableReturnStatement occurrences="1">
       <code>$this-&gt;get('is_https')</code>
@@ -305,7 +313,9 @@
     <MissingFile occurrences="1">
       <code>include ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/language_stats.inc.php'</code>
     </MissingFile>
-    <PossiblyNullArgument occurrences="1">
+    <PossiblyNullArgument occurrences="3">
+      <code>$this-&gt;config-&gt;get('ShowGitRevision')</code>
+      <code>$this-&gt;config-&gt;get('ShowGitRevision')</code>
       <code>$this-&gt;config-&gt;get('TempDir')</code>
     </PossiblyNullArgument>
   </file>
@@ -948,9 +958,6 @@
     <InvalidReturnType occurrences="1">
       <code>object</code>
     </InvalidReturnType>
-    <MissingFile occurrences="1">
-      <code>include ROOT_PATH . 'revision-info.php'</code>
-    </MissingFile>
     <ReferenceConstraintViolation occurrences="2">
       <code>$object</code>
       <code>return $object;</code>
@@ -2625,9 +2632,6 @@
     <InvalidReturnType occurrences="1">
       <code>int</code>
     </InvalidReturnType>
-    <NullableReturnStatement occurrences="1">
-      <code>$wktval</code>
-    </NullableReturnStatement>
     <PossiblyFalseOperand occurrences="2">
       <code>mb_strpos($value, '.')</code>
       <code>mb_strrpos($columnSpecification, ')')</code>
diff --git a/scripts/console b/scripts/console
index ee88c595ed..28d9fe84d2 100755
--- a/scripts/console
+++ b/scripts/console
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 use PhpMyAdmin\Command\CacheWarmupCommand;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Command\SetVersionCommand;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Command\WriteGitRevisionCommand;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Config;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Core;
 use PhpMyAdmin\DatabaseInterface;
@@ -37,5 +38,6 @@ $application = new Application('phpMyAdmin Console Tool');
 $application->add(new CacheWarmupCommand());
 $application->add(new LintCommand($twig));
 $application->add(new SetVersionCommand());
+$application->add(new WriteGitRevisionCommand());
 
 $application->run();
diff --git a/test/classes/AbstractTestCase.php b/test/classes/AbstractTestCase.php
index 817dc4b906..786f116ebe 100644
--- a/test/classes/AbstractTestCase.php
+++ b/test/classes/AbstractTestCase.php
@@ -13,15 +13,11 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\SqlParser\Translator;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Tests\Stubs\DbiDummy;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Tests\Stubs\Response;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Theme;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Utils\HttpRequest;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use ReflectionClass;
 
-use function getenv;
 use function in_array;
-use function is_array;
-use function parse_url;
-
-use const PHP_SAPI;
 
 /**
  * Abstract class to hold some usefull methods used in tests
@@ -149,20 +145,7 @@ abstract class AbstractTestCase extends TestCase
 
     protected function setProxySettings(): void
     {
-        $httpProxy = getenv('http_proxy');
-        $urlInfo = parse_url((string) $httpProxy);
-        if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli' || ! is_array($urlInfo)) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        $proxyUrl = ($urlInfo['host'] ?? '')
-            . (isset($urlInfo['port']) ? ':' . $urlInfo['port'] : '');
-        $proxyUser = $urlInfo['user'] ?? '';
-        $proxyPass = $urlInfo['pass'] ?? '';
-
-        $GLOBALS['cfg']['ProxyUrl'] = $proxyUrl;
-        $GLOBALS['cfg']['ProxyUser'] = $proxyUser;
-        $GLOBALS['cfg']['ProxyPass'] = $proxyPass;
+        HttpRequest::setProxySettingsFromEnv();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/classes/Command/WriteGitRevisionCommandTest.php b/test/classes/Command/WriteGitRevisionCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5387214085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/classes/Command/WriteGitRevisionCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin\Tests\Command;
+
+use PhpMyAdmin\Command\WriteGitRevisionCommand;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Tests\AbstractTestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+
+use function class_exists;
+use function sprintf;
+
+class WriteGitRevisionCommandTest extends AbstractTestCase
+{
+    /** @var WriteGitRevisionCommand */
+    private $command;
+
+    public function testGetGeneratedClassValidVersion(): void
+    {
+        if (! class_exists(Command::class)) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('The Symfony Console is missing');
+        }
+
+        $this->command = $this->getMockBuilder(WriteGitRevisionCommand::class)
+            ->onlyMethods(['gitCli'])
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $this->command->expects($this->exactly(3))
+            ->method('gitCli')
+            ->withConsecutive(
+                ['describe --always'],
+                ['log -1 --format="%H"'],
+                ['symbolic-ref -q HEAD']
+            )
+            ->willReturnOnConsecutiveCalls(
+                'RELEASE_5_1_0-638-g1c018e2a6c',
+                '1c018e2a6c6d518c4a2dde059e49f33af67c4636',
+                'refs/heads/cli-rev-info'
+            );
+
+        $output = $this->callFunction(
+            $this->command,
+            WriteGitRevisionCommand::class,
+            'getRevisionInfo',
+            [
+                'https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/%s',
+                'https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/tree/%s',
+            ]
+        );
+        $template = <<<'PHP'
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * This file is generated by scripts/console.
+ *
+ * @see \PhpMyAdmin\Command\WriteGitRevisionCommand
+ */
+return [
+    'revision' => '%s',
+    'revisionUrl' => '%s',
+    'branch' => '%s',
+    'branchUrl' => '%s',
+];
+
+PHP;
+        $this->assertSame(
+            sprintf(
+                $template,
+                'RELEASE_5_1_0-638-g1c018e2a6c',
+                'https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1c018e2a6c6d518c4a2dde059e49f33af67c4636',
+                'cli-rev-info',
+                'https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/tree/cli-rev-info'
+            ),
+            $output
+        );
+    }
+}