textconv: make the API public

diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 1063945c303f8e4dec8dcc11e340b8d89f86065b..e45513dee938dde3a8428a833fb43023b04ca95b 100755 (executable)
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.1.rc2
+DEF_VER=v1.7.1.GIT
 
 LF='
 '
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if test -f version
 then
        VN=$(cat version) || VN="$DEF_VER"
 elif test -d .git -o -f .git &&
-       VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
+       VN=$(git describe --match "v[0-9]*" --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
        case "$VN" in
        *$LF*) (exit 1) ;;
        v[0-9]*)