X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/f98e0188777b3e2d229c968824b3e64307dae4e6..3aed87eca24ce57ca154e76155204d107970bbed:/sdk/python/arvados_version.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados_version.py b/sdk/python/arvados_version.py
index a24d53dad6..6921464652 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados_version.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados_version.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import os
 import re
 
 def git_latest_tag():
-    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():
     gitinfo = subprocess.check_output(
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def get_version(setup_dir, module):
     else:
         try:
             save_version(setup_dir, module, git_latest_tag() + git_timestamp_tag())
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError):
             pass
 
     return read_version(setup_dir, module)