git-version-gen: Fail on UNKNOWN version

Signed-off-by: Jan Friesse <jfriesse@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christine Caulfield <ccaulfie@redhat.com>

diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen
index 3ceb71735233617c1bbf26e37d3e8e46072ee9bb..fc727dd8cef8164d1355a904bd8c90664f8fcd7b 100755 (executable)
--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
+if test "$v" = "UNKNOWN"
+then
+  echo "$0: ERROR: Can't find valid version. Please use valid git repository," \
+    "released tarball or version tagged archive" 1>&2
+
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 v=`echo "$v" |sed 's/^v//'`
 
 # Don't declare a version "dirty" merely because a time stamp has changed.