From ea3dfa444ac7bf7b687065e609988c96dc376bae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lady ada <limor@ladyada.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 16:39:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] msys at least breaks elsewhere now

---
 py/makeversionhdr.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/py/makeversionhdr.py b/py/makeversionhdr.py
index da6f7c9f59..84bba402d9 100644
--- a/py/makeversionhdr.py
+++ b/py/makeversionhdr.py
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ def get_version_info_from_git():
             [tools_describe],
             stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
             universal_newlines=True,
+            shell=True
         ).strip()
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as er:
         if er.returncode == 128:
             # git exit code of 128 means no repository found
             return None
         git_tag = ""
-    except OSError:
+    except OSError as e:
         return None
     try:
         git_hash = subprocess.check_output(