perf tools: Make --version show kernel version instead of pull req tag

[cascardo/linux.git] / tools / perf / util / PERF-VERSION-GEN

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index ad73300..95264f3 100755 (executable)
--- a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LF='
 # First check if there is a .git to get the version from git describe
 # otherwise try to get the version from the kernel makefile
 if test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git &&
-       VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
+       VN=$(git describe --match 'v[0-9].[0-9]*' --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
        case "$VN" in
        *$LF*) (exit 1) ;;
        v[0-9]*)