Fix git version detection when executing in foreign git repository

[grml-debootstrap.git] / grml-debootstrap

diff --git a/grml-debootstrap b/grml-debootstrap
index 2d9aa1d..1f4fa00 100755 (executable)
--- a/grml-debootstrap
+++ b/grml-debootstrap
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fi
 # variables {{{
 PN="$(basename "$0")"
 if [[ -d "$(dirname "$(command -v "$0")")"/.git ]]; then
-  VERSION="$(git describe | sed 's|^v||')"
+  VERSION="$(git --git-dir $(dirname "$(command -v "$0")")/.git describe | sed 's|^v||')"
 else
   VERSION="$(dpkg-query --show --showformat='${Version}' "$PN")"
 fi