Fix issue with version logic2014.07.1

Basically a dup of:

 https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322

Change-Id: I025c36e301edfb0b3d8aa328180751d94dc1d7bb

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/apps/version.py b/apps/version.py
index e8aca2b..78e32e7 100644
--- a/apps/version.py
+++ b/apps/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 
@@ -6,9 +7,13 @@ VERSION = None
 
 def _get_version():
     '''return either the tag on HEAD or the shortened commit id if not found'''
-    out = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'log', '--format=%h %d', '-1'])
+    out = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'log', '--format=%h %d', '-1'],
+                                  cwd=os.path.dirname(__file__))
     version, ref_names = out.split('(')
     m = re.match(r'.*tag: (\d{4}\.\d{2}.*?),', ref_names)
+    if not m:
+        # might be an older version of git
+        m = re.match(r'.*HEAD, (\d{4}\.\d{2}.*?),', ref_names)
     if m:
         version = m.group(1)
     return version.strip()