-tree_search ()
-{
- head=$1
- tree=$2
- for p in $(git rev-list --parents --max-count=1 $head 2>/dev/null)
- do
- test $tree = $(git rev-parse $p^{tree} 2>/dev/null) &&
- vn=$(git describe --abbrev=4 $p 2>/dev/null) &&
- case "$vn" in
- gitgui-[0-9]*) echo $vn; break;;
- esac
- done
-}
-
-# Always use the tarball version file if found, just
-# in case we are somehow contained in a larger git
-# repository that doesn't actually track our state.
-# (At least one package manager is doing this.)
-#
-# We may be a subproject, so try looking for the merge
-# commit that supplied this directory content if we are
-# not at the toplevel. We probably will always be the
-# second parent in the commit, but we shouldn't rely on
-# that fact.
-#
-# If we are at the toplevel or the merge assumption fails
-# try looking for a gitgui-* tag.
-
-if test -f version &&
- VN=$(cat version)
+# First see if there is a version file (included in release tarballs),
+# then try git-describe, then default.
+if test -f version