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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/git-gui/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/git-gui/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 9966126..2741c1e 100755
--- a/git-gui/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/git-gui/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ tree_search ()
done
}
+# Always use the tarball version file if found, just
+# in case we are somehow contained in a larger git
+# repository that doesn't actually track our state.
+# (At least one package manager is doing this.)
+#
# We may be a subproject, so try looking for the merge
# commit that supplied this directory content if we are
# not at the toplevel. We probably will always be the
@@ -27,10 +32,13 @@ tree_search ()
# that fact.
#
# If we are at the toplevel or the merge assumption fails
-# try looking for a gitgui-* tag, or fallback onto the
-# distributed version file.
+# try looking for a gitgui-* tag.
-if prefix="$(git rev-parse --show-prefix 2>/dev/null)"
+if test -f version &&
+ VN=$(cat version)
+then
+ : happy
+elif prefix="$(git rev-parse --show-prefix 2>/dev/null)"
test -n "$prefix" &&
head=$(git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD -- . 2>/dev/null) &&
tree=$(git rev-parse --verify "HEAD:$prefix" 2>/dev/null) &&
@@ -48,9 +56,6 @@ elif VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
esac
then
VN=$(echo "$VN" | sed -e 's/^gitgui-//;s/-/./g');
-elif test -f version
-then
- VN=$(cat version) || VN="$DEF_VER"
else
VN="$DEF_VER"
fi