# check for git short hash
if ! test "$revision"; then
revision=$(cd "$1" && git describe --tags --match N 2> /dev/null)
- test "$revision" && revision=git-$revision
fi
# no revision number found
-test "$revision" || revision=UNKNOWN
+test "$revision" || revision=$(cd "$1" && cat RELEASE 2> /dev/null)
# releases extract the version number from the VERSION file
version=$(cd "$1" && cat VERSION 2> /dev/null)