13108: Don't try to install signal handler in background thread

[arvados.git] / sdk / cwl / gittaggers.py

diff --git a/sdk/cwl/gittaggers.py b/sdk/cwl/gittaggers.py
index 40f6e6ce8921ac0d92aef81be76de435aeacc69e..8ccb6645de8c78ccf77d3e049fa1b1e6257e5c91 100644 (file)
--- a/sdk/cwl/gittaggers.py
+++ b/sdk/cwl/gittaggers.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class EggInfoFromGit(egg_info):
     def git_latest_tag(self):
         gitinfo = subprocess.check_output(
             ['git', 'describe', '--abbrev=0']).strip()
-        return str(gitinfo)
+        return str(gitinfo.decode('utf-8'))
 
     def git_timestamp_tag(self):
         gitinfo = subprocess.check_output(