--- embedaddon/dnsmasq/bld/get-version	2013/07/29 19:37:40	1.1.1.1
+++ embedaddon/dnsmasq/bld/get-version	2023/09/27 11:02:07	1.1.1.5
@@ -9,18 +9,29 @@
 # If we can find one which matches $v[0-9].* then we assume it's
 # a version-number tag, else we just use the whole string.
 # If there is more than one v[0-9].* tag, sort them and use the
-# first. This favours, eg v2.63 over 2.63rc6.
+# first. The insane arguments to the sort command are to ensure
+# that, eg v2.64 comes before v2.63, but v2.63 comes before v2.63rc1
+# and v2.63rc1 comes before v2.63test1
 
-if which git >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -d $1/.git ]; then
-     cd $1; git describe
+
+# Change directory to the toplevel source directory.
+if test -z "$1" || ! test -d "$1" || ! cd "$1"; then
+    echo "$0: First argument $1 must be toplevel dir." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if which git >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
+    ([ -d .git ] || grep '^gitdir:' .git >/dev/null 2>&1) && \
+    git describe >/dev/null 2>&1; then 
+    git describe | sed 's/^v//'
 elif grep '\$Format:%d\$' $1/VERSION >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-# unsubstituted VERSION, but no git available.
+    # unsubstituted VERSION, but no git available.
     echo UNKNOWN
 else
      vers=`cat $1/VERSION | sed 's/[(), ]/,/ g' | tr ',' '\n' | grep ^v[0-9]`
 
      if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-         echo "${vers}" | sort | head -n 1 | sed 's/^v//'
+         echo "${vers}" | sort -k1.2,1.5Vr -k1.6,1.6 -k1.8,1.9Vr -k1.10,1.11Vr | head -n 1 | sed 's/^v//'
      else
          cat $1/VERSION
      fi