Human readable git versions

diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index db0d31bf33937f806304b7366a9560b70231f42e..afe3101dda239aced73e1cd0991f5b8e5ee27474 100644 (file)
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -436,12 +436,11 @@ SOURCES_libvlc_control = \
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 misc/revision.c:
-       rm -f $@ $@.tmp
+       rm -f -- $@ $@.tmp
        echo "/* AUTOGENERATED FILE - DO NOT EDIT */" > $@.tmp
-       REVISION="$$(LANG=C git --git-dir=$(top_srcdir)/.git show-ref --head -s HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo exported)"; \
-       REVISION="$$(echo $$REVISION|cut -b -10)"; \
+       REVISION="$$(cd "$(top_srcdir)"; git describe 2>/dev/null || echo exported)"; \
        echo "const char psz_vlc_changeset[] = \"$$REVISION\";" >> $@.tmp
-       mv -f $@.tmp $@
+       mv -f -- $@.tmp $@
 
 
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