Index: configure
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diff -u -re9f818e5a1700a776754fce4cb8fbdd2bab8d98e -r168c45840036a0efc1b113c29ad9b7657436f56c
--- configure	(.../configure)	(revision e9f818e5a1700a776754fce4cb8fbdd2bab8d98e)
+++ configure	(.../configure)	(revision 168c45840036a0efc1b113c29ad9b7657436f56c)
@@ -2618,7 +2618,7 @@
 
 
 if test "$git_installed" = "yes" -a -d ".git" ; then
-   nsf_commit=`git describe --dirty`
+   nsf_commit=`git describe --always --dirty`
 elif test -f "COMMIT" ; then
    nsf_commit=`cat COMMIT`
 else
Index: configure.ac
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diff -u -re3968e8c972a8ac13bfaba27fcf2ae9e36689211 -r168c45840036a0efc1b113c29ad9b7657436f56c
--- configure.ac	(.../configure.ac)	(revision e3968e8c972a8ac13bfaba27fcf2ae9e36689211)
+++ configure.ac	(.../configure.ac)	(revision 168c45840036a0efc1b113c29ad9b7657436f56c)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 AC_CHECK_PROG(git_installed,git,"yes", "no")
 
 if test "$git_installed" = "yes" -a -d ".git" ; then
-   nsf_commit=`git describe --dirty`
+   nsf_commit=`git describe --always --dirty`
 elif test -f "COMMIT" ; then
    nsf_commit=`cat COMMIT`
 else