# check for git short hash
revision=$(cd "$1" && git describe --always 2> /dev/null)
-test "$revision" && revision=git-$revision
# no revision number found
-test "$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)