commit 95f9e14e33b713f35f5368acf7be56750bbdb5a8
author Xiang Zhang <angwerzx@126.com> Mon Aug 20 23:15:07 2018 +0800
committer GitHub <noreply@github.com> Mon Aug 20 23:15:07 2018 +0800
tree 3f688a14bb0c4a331b722ae958ea2f80c86b1e5e
parent ae1f0127298b1193618062fd0c8a3b434656e780

[2.7] bpo-30411: Use --git-dir instead of -C to make git work under version below 1.8.5. (GH-8744) (GH-8838)

(cherry picked from commit 4c8555773a801f957297132a92c0acb382d640e4)

configure

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a75ca3a..03b73c6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5791,9 +5791,9 @@
 fi
 if test $HAS_GIT = found
 then
-    GITVERSION="git -C \$(srcdir) rev-parse --short HEAD"
-    GITTAG="git -C \$(srcdir) describe --all --always --dirty"
-    GITBRANCH="git -C \$(srcdir) name-rev --name-only HEAD"
+    GITVERSION="git --git-dir \$(srcdir)/.git rev-parse --short HEAD"
+    GITTAG="git --git-dir \$(srcdir)/.git describe --all --always --dirty"
+    GITBRANCH="git --git-dir \$(srcdir)/.git name-rev --name-only HEAD"
 else
     GITVERSION=""
     GITTAG=""