1diff --git i/cmake/version.cmake w/cmake/version.cmake
2index 0ed123b5..4348e7e1 100644
3--- i/cmake/version.cmake
4+++ w/cmake/version.cmake
5@@ -90,41 +90,12 @@ function(determine_version source_dir var_prefix)
6 else()
7 message(STATUS "Found no version.txt.")
8 endif()
9- # for GIT_EXECUTABLE
10- find_package(Git REQUIRED)
11- # get a description of the version, something like:
12- # v1.9.1-0-g38ffe82 (a tagged release)
13- # v1.9.1-0-g38ffe82-dirty (a tagged release with local modifications)
14- # v1.9.0-3-g5b92266 (post-release snapshot)
15- # v1.9.0-3-g5b92266-dirty (post-release snapshot with local modifications)
16- _git(version describe --abbrev=${GIT_REV_LEN} --match "v[0-9]*" --long --dirty)
17- if (NOT _git_ec EQUAL 0)
18- # no annotated tags, fake one
19- message(STATUS "Found no annotated tags.")
20- _git(revision rev-parse --short=${GIT_REV_LEN} --verify HEAD)
21- if (_git_ec EQUAL 0)
22- set(version "v${base_version}-0-g${revision}")
23- # check if dirty (this won't detect untracked files, but should be ok)
24- _git(changes diff-index --quiet HEAD --)
25- if (NOT _git_ec EQUAL 0)
26- string(APPEND version "-dirty")
27- endif()
28- # append the commit timestamp of the most recent commit (only
29- # in non-release branches -- typically master)
30- _git(commit_timestamp show -s --format=%ct)
31- if (_git_ec EQUAL 0)
32- string(APPEND version "+${commit_timestamp}")
33- endif()
34- elseif(has_version_txt)
35- # Nothing to get from git - so use version.txt completely
36- set(version "${version_file}")
37- else()
38- # Sad case - no git, no version.txt
39- set(version "v${base_version}")
40- endif()
41+ if(has_version_txt)
42+ # Nothing to get from git - so use version.txt completely
43+ set(version "${version_file}")
44 else()
45- set(has_release_tag YES)
46- message(STATUS "Found annotated tag ${version}")
47+ # Sad case - no git, no version.txt
48+ set(version "v${base_version}")
49 endif()
50 extract_version_info("${version}" "${local_prefix}")
51 if ("${has_version_txt}" AND NOT ${base_version} STREQUAL ${local_prefix}_VERSION)