From fb56fc5bfc914dadadacf60b92068f1b25601d78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Rasmussen <mir@datanom.net>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 20:01:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Add proper test for an installed version of git. Bail if
 git is not found on path.

---
 configure.ac | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 12430e947..ab78d58ae 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ BINARY_AGE=0
 EXTRA_RELEASE=
 EXTRA_GTK2_VERSION=
 
+AC_CHECK_PROG([GIT], [git], [yes], [no], [$PATH])
+if test \( "$GIT" = "no" \); then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([*** git not found. See http://git-scm.com/])
+fi
+
 if test \( -d .git \); then
     GIT_VERSION=`git describe --abbrev=6 --dirty --always`
 else
-- 
2.25.1