[StGit PATCH 2/2] Always resolve "git describe" to something

From

Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>

Date

Oct 9, 2008, 09:02 UTC

Message-ID

<20081009090202.12637.2907.stgit@arrakis.enst.fr>

In-Reply-To

<20081009090157.12637.45887.stgit@arrakis.enst.fr>

Sometimes, "git describe" cannot describe the current version. Use
"--always" so that we have a fallback.
---
 stgit/version.py |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stgit/version.py b/stgit/version.py
index d57053d..05fa8e9 100644
--- a/stgit/version.py
+++ b/stgit/version.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class VersionUnavailable(StgException):
 def git_describe_version():
     path = sys.path[0]
     try:
-        v = run.Run('git', 'describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=4'
+        v = run.Run('git', 'describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=4', '--always'
                     ).cwd(path).output_one_line()
     except run.RunException, e:
         raise VersionUnavailable(str(e))