X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml2usb;fp=grml2usb;h=2c4608442b72fe8ded684d903fc703cdd1497f1d;hb=04781c31f262e54131b3231dbc3a5e4bf0783d84;hp=75fcd3ee838b3c01e7de9b6a361f4e98f4c48565;hpb=6fd18cafa8da27f32bb4d9f4199792ee112ce62a;p=grml2usb.git

diff --git a/grml2usb b/grml2usb
index 75fcd3e..2c46084 100755
--- a/grml2usb
+++ b/grml2usb
@@ -32,7 +32,22 @@ import uuid
 import shutil
 
 # The line following this line is patched by debian/rules and tarball.sh.
-PROG_VERSION = '***UNRELEASED***'
+PROG_VERSION = '***UNKNOWN***'
+
+# when running from inside git, try to report version information via git-describe
+try:
+    git_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
+    with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
+        PROG_VERSION = subprocess.check_output(["git",
+                                                "-C",
+                                                git_dir,
+                                                "describe",
+                                                "--always",
+                                                "--dirty"],
+                                                stderr=devnull).strip().decode('utf-8', errors='replace') + \
+                                                " (git)"
+except Exception:
+    pass
 
 # global variables
 MOUNTED = set()   # register mountpoints