- # Do we have an untagged version?
- if git name-rev --tags HEAD | grep -E '^HEAD[[:space:]]+(.*~[0-9]*|undefined)$' > /dev/null; then
- if tag=`git describe 2>/dev/null`; then
- echo $tag | awk -F- '{printf("-%05d-%s", $(NF-1),$(NF))}'
+
+ # If we are at a tagged commit (like "v2.6.30-rc6"), we ignore it,
+ # because this version is defined in the top level Makefile.
+ if [ -z "`git describe --exact-match 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
+
+ # If we are past a tagged commit (like "v2.6.30-rc5-302-g72357d5"),
+ # we pretty print it.
+ if atag="`git describe 2>/dev/null`"; then
+ echo "$atag" | awk -F- '{printf("-%05d-%s", $(NF-1),$(NF))}'
+
+ # If we don't have a tag at all we print -g{commitish}.