From acc2401cf31c032c70826e8d690ee332e4fbe7d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Graham Klyne <gk-github@ninebynine.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:12:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Display server version at startup when not running from git
 repository

---
 bin/lib/cli.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/lib/cli.js b/bin/lib/cli.js
index 889903bed..9131896d8 100644
--- a/bin/lib/cli.js
+++ b/bin/lib/cli.js
@@ -25,10 +25,15 @@ function getVersion () {
     // Obtain version from git
     const options = { cwd: __dirname, encoding: 'utf8' }
     const { stdout } = spawnSync('git', ['describe', '--tags'], options)
-    return stdout.trim()
+    const version = stdout.trim()
+    if (version === '') {
+      throw new Error('No git version here')
+    }
+    return version
   } catch (e) {
     // Obtain version from package.json
     const { version } = require(path.join(__dirname, '../../package.json'))
     return version
   }
 }
+