- *-*-*) : git describe is okay three part flavor ;;
- *-*)
- : git describe is older two part flavor
- # Recreate the number of commits and rewrite such that the
- # result is the same as if we were using the newer version
- # of git describe.
- vtag=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-.*//'`
- numcommits=`git rev-list "$vtag"..HEAD | wc -l`
- v=`echo "$v" | sed "s/\(.*\)-\(.*\)/\1-$numcommits-\2/"`;
- ;;
+ *-*-*) : git describe is okay three part flavor ;;
+ *-*)
+ : git describe is older two part flavor
+ # Recreate the number of commits and rewrite such that the
+ # result is the same as if we were using the newer version
+ # of git describe.
+ vtag=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-.*//'`
+ commit_list=`git rev-list "$vtag"..HEAD 2>/dev/null` \
+ || { commit_list=failed;
+ echo "$0: WARNING: git rev-list failed" 1>&2; }
+ numcommits=`echo "$commit_list" | wc -l`
+ v=`echo "$v" | sed "s/\(.*\)-\(.*\)/\1-$numcommits-\2/"`;
+ test "$commit_list" = failed && v=UNKNOWN
+ ;;