From 627c02e3006697d38880a50e21b33b665fb9da08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Julien <victor@inliniac.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:57:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use a different way of getting a short git rev that is
 compatible to older git versions.

---
 configure.in | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b7e98da6c6..c74b43ce78 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(pcap.h,,[AC_ERROR(pcap.h not found ...)])
     else
         GIT=`which git`
         if test "$GIT" != ""; then
-            REVISION=`git describe --always`
+            REVISION=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
             CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DREVISION=\"${REVISION}\""
         fi
     fi