X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/d506c0c47b3bee53d89fcbb9d3b933d4b3aee39a..0a6b4ed36bd06b37412f020f0622e0c89e4e1653:/sdk/python/gittaggers.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/gittaggers.py b/sdk/python/gittaggers.py
index ccf25c422e..f3278fcc1d 100644
--- a/sdk/python/gittaggers.py
+++ b/sdk/python/gittaggers.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ class EggInfoFromGit(egg_info):
     from source package), leave it alone.
     """
     def git_latest_tag(self):
-        gitinfo = subprocess.check_output(
-            ['git', 'describe', '--abbrev=0']).strip()
-        return str(gitinfo.decode('utf-8'))
+        gittags = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'tag', '-l']).split()
+        gittags.sort(key=lambda s: [int(u) for u in s.split(b'.')],reverse=True)
+        return str(next(iter(gittags)).decode('utf-8'))
 
     def git_timestamp_tag(self):
         gitinfo = subprocess.check_output(