Optionally do not list empty directories in git-ls-files --others

diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 1056b7c817f8578348120f64ad7047754bf688df..d6d1ae0338085d8d3ea567d8007f05ab5f2ee554 100755 (executable)
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ DEF_VER=v1.2.GIT
 # (included in release tarballs), then default
 if VN=$(git-describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null); then
        VN=$(echo "$VN" | sed -e 's/-/./g');
-else
+elif test -f version
+then
        VN=$(cat version) || VN="$DEF_VER"
+else
+       VN="$DEF_VER"
 fi
 
 VN=$(expr "$VN" : v*'\(.*\)')