X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-send-email.perl;h=703dd1ff9ee641b58ad592cfc702de7f96c59eed;hb=3f22deb7f58dff426a0853de62cc553ec97d6bf8;hp=ecfa347b85bb6c3c5e6b1b3a1f83ac1acb069b66;hpb=d93067d9c7fb210766c7282d662289f54d53f93a;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index ecfa347b..703dd1ff 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -291,6 +291,13 @@ sub send_message
 	my $to = join (",\n\t", @recipients);
 	@recipients = unique_email_list(@recipients,@cc);
 	my $date = strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z', localtime($time++));
+	my $gitversion = '@@GIT_VERSION@@';
+	if ($gitversion =~ m/..GIT_VERSION../) {
+	    $gitversion = `git --version`;
+	    chomp $gitversion;
+	    # keep only what's after the last space
+	    $gitversion =~ s/^.* //;
+	}
 
 	my $header = "From: $from
 To: $to
@@ -299,7 +306,7 @@ Subject: $subject
 Reply-To: $from
 Date: $date
 Message-Id: $message_id
-X-Mailer: git-send-email @@GIT_VERSION@@
+X-Mailer: git-send-email $gitversion
 ";
 	$header .= "In-Reply-To: $reply_to\n" if $reply_to;