From fc85cef9e1428e6f28c3e2994b1d918e5bf3cb98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CrazyMax <crazy-max@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 14:57:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] git: fall back to git tag in detached HEAD state

Signed-off-by: CrazyMax <crazy-max@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/git.ts | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/git.ts b/src/git.ts
index 44f61fe..5a0306c 100644
--- a/src/git.ts
+++ b/src/git.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ export class Git {
   }
 
   public static async ref(): Promise<string> {
-    return await Git.exec(['symbolic-ref', 'HEAD']);
+    return await Git.exec(['symbolic-ref', 'HEAD']).catch(() => {
+      // if it fails (for example in a detached HEAD state), falls back to
+      // using git tag or describe to get the exact matching tag name.
+      return Git.tag().then(tag => {
+        return `refs/tags/${tag}`;
+      });
+    });
   }
 
   public static async fullCommit(): Promise<string> {