Apply this patch to '_version.py' to get Miniver to calculate the version using unannotated tags in addition to annotated tags @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def get_version_from_git(): for opts in [['--first-parent'], []]: try: p = subprocess.Popen( - ['git', 'describe', '--long', '--always'] + opts, + ['git', 'describe', '--long', '--always', '--tags'] + opts, cwd=distr_root, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) except OSError: