# get major release version of a commit
commit_version () # <hash>
{
- tag=$(git tag -l --contains $1 | head -n1)
+ # use current branch as history reference
+ local refbranch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+ local tag=$( (git tag -l --contains $1 --merged $refbranch 2>&- ||
+ # tag --merged option has been introduced in git 2.7.0
+ # below is a fallback in case of old git version
+ for t in $(git tag -l --contains $1) ; do
+ git branch $refbranch --contains $t |
+ sed "s,.\+,$t,"
+ done) |
+ head -n1)
if [ -z "$tag" ] ; then
# before -rc1 tag of release in progress
make showversion | cut -d'.' -f-2