feat: add utility to extract git commit from version

Author: jaimeferj

pyiceberg/utils/build_info.py

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+"""Utilities for build information."""
+
+import re
+from functools import lru_cache
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def git_commit_short_id() -> str:
+    """Extract the short git commit ID from the version string."""
+    try:
+        from pyiceberg._version import __version__
+
+        match = re.search(r"\+g([0-9a-f]{7})", __version__)
+        if match:
+            return match.group(1)
+
+        return "unknown"
+    except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+        return "unknown"