related to https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/2437
ifeq ($(wildcard .git),)
# not in git repository
VERSION := $(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 1)
- I3STATUS_VERSION := $(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION)
+ I3STATUS_VERSION := '$(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/I3STATUS_VERSION)'
else
VERSION:=$(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
I3STATUS_VERSION:="$(shell git describe --tags --always) ($(shell git log --pretty=format:%cd --date=short -n1))"