take 2: releasebuild works when not within a .git repo

davidedc · Nov 15, 2014 · b578ef2 · b578ef2
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commit b578ef2
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 14 deletions.
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         },
         "git-describe": {
             "options": {
-                template: "Current commit: {%=object%}{%=dirty%}"
+                template: "Current commit: {%=object%}{%=dirty%}",
+                failOnError: false
             },
             "your_target": {
                 // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
@@ -330,19 +331,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             }));
 
         });
-        try {
-          grunt.task.run('git-describe');
-        }
-        // if user downloaded the release from github
-        // using the shiny button instead of cloning,
-        // like I often do, then git-describe would
-        // fail, we catch that case here.
-        catch (err) {
-            grunt.file.write('dist/version.json', JSON.stringify({
-                revision: 'no revision given',
-                date: 'no date given'
-            }));
-        }
+        grunt.task.run('git-describe');
     });
 
     grunt.registerTask('releasebuild', [