@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.cflags
# make the RIOT version available to the program
ifeq ($(origin RIOT_VERSION), undefined)
GIT_STRING := $(shell git describe --always --abbrev=4 --dirty=-`hostname`)
GIT_STRING := $(shell git describe --always --abbrev=4 --dirty=-`hostname` 2> /dev/null)
ifneq (,$(GIT_STRING))
GIT_BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
ifeq ($(strip $(GIT_BRANCH)),master)