1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5066f8178..0a895e1f8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for source being under a VCS)
 git_version=
 AS_IF([test ! "X$gitcommand" = "X"],
 [
-  git_version=$(cd $srcdir ; git log -n 1 | head -n 1 2>/dev/null)
+  git_version=$(cd $srcdir ; git log -n1 --abbrev-commit | head -n1 | cut -d " " -f2 2>/dev/null)
 ])
 AS_IF([test "X$git_version" = "X"],
   [