replaced the svn $rev$ substitution with git describe falling back to git rev-parse HEAD

README

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-spacenavd - $Rev$
----------------
+spacenavd
+---------
 
 1. About
   Spacenavd, is a free software replacement user-space driver (daemon), for

configure

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ DBG=yes
 X11=yes
 HOTPLUG=yes
 XINPUT=yes
-VER=`head -1 README | sed 's/^.*- //'`
+VER=`git describe --tags 2>/dev/null`
 
-if echo $VER | grep '$Rev' >/dev/null; then
-	VER=svn-r`echo $VER | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/$//g'`
+if [ -z "$VER" ]; then
+	VER=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
 fi
 
 echo "configuring spacenavd - $VER"