building from git: use --abbrev=7 for version string

[notmuch.git] / Makefile.local

diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
index 877a97903a4ce12e4bb489d3a4c52785767788f0..6e78368c9febe828bbb264e24f8e4a114b56ca79 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ endif
 VERSION:=$(shell cat ${srcdir}/version)
 ifeq ($(filter release release-message pre-release update-versions,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
 ifeq ($(IS_GIT),yes)
-VERSION:=$(shell git describe --match '[0-9.]*'|sed -e s/_/~/ -e s/-/+/ -e s/-/~/)
+VERSION:=$(shell git describe --abbrev=7 --match '[0-9.]*'|sed -e s/_/~/ -e s/-/+/ -e s/-/~/)
 # Write the file 'version.stamp' in case its contents differ from $(VERSION)
 FILE_VERSION:=$(shell test -f version.stamp && read vs < version.stamp || vs=; echo $$vs)
 ifneq ($(FILE_VERSION),$(VERSION))