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)) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html