better pkgver()

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index dd08a5a7b664..cf4e7f9b9b5c 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = eww-git
 	pkgdesc = ElKowar's wacky widgets
-	pkgver = 70285e0_2021.08.27
-	pkgrel = 2
+	pkgver = 0.1.0.r164.g70285e0
+	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/elkowar/eww
 	arch = any
 	license = MIT
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index f588c901ac44..1fc05724094a 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Maintainer: Atif Chowdhury <iftakhar.awal@gmail.com>
 pkgname=eww-git
 _pkgname=eww
-pkgver=70285e0_2021.08.27
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=0.1.0.r164.g70285e0
+pkgrel=1
 epoch=
 pkgdesc="ElKowar's wacky widgets"
 arch=('any')
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ validpgpkeys=()
 
 pkgver() {
     cd ${_pkgname}
-    _commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-7)
-    _date=$(git log -1 --date=short --pretty=format:%cd)
-    printf "%s_%s\n" "${_commit}" "${_date}" | sed 's/-/./g'
+    git describe --long --tags | sed 's/^v//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
 }
 
 build() {