--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ from distutils.command.install_data impo
import mercurial.version
+# specify version string, otherwise 'hg identify' will be used:
+version = ''
+
class install_package_data(install_data):
def finalize_options(self):
self.set_undefined_options('install',
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ class install_package_data(install_data)
install_data.finalize_options(self)
try:
- mercurial.version.remember_version()
+ mercurial.version.remember_version(version)
setup(name='mercurial',
version=mercurial.version.get_version(),
author='Matt Mackall',