From 601071c0f21d61a5c4482d8952f7648c3b827b94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralph Castain <rhc@pmix.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:30:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use git describe on a known PRRTE commit sha instead of
 checking for .git directory

Supports VPATH builds. Copied from https://github.com/open-mpi/ompi/pull/12173.

Thanks to @devreal for the original PR.

Signed-off-by: Ralph Castain <rhc@pmix.org>
---
 config/prte_configure_options.m4 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config/prte_configure_options.m4 b/config/prte_configure_options.m4
index 8880ff85ad..519e9a6d6e 100644
--- a/config/prte_configure_options.m4
+++ b/config/prte_configure_options.m4
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PRTE_WANT_PRTE_PREFIX_BY_DEFAULT],
 # Is this a developer copy?
 #
 
-if test -d .git; then
+if git describe 350564b9f381dfbdbe119f26585f07da6f4b9e8a &> /dev/null ; then
     PRTE_DEVEL=1
 else
     PRTE_DEVEL=0