From 2b61f9f852b28cb6893c9daded8ffb7a9bda0308 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert McLay <mclay@zaniahgroup.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 13:04:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed proj_mgmt/buildVersion_src to deal with (HEAD detached
 at x.y.z) when trying to find git branch name

---
 README.new                 | 5 ++++-
 proj_mgmt/buildVersion_src | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.new b/README.new
index 845b4069f..cb05f698f 100644
--- a/README.new
+++ b/README.new
@@ -135,4 +135,7 @@ Lmod 8.7+
             * Allow io.popen() to be called from a modulefile.
 	    * Created buildVersion_src to build src/Version.lua when installing Lmod.
    (8.7.36) * a clean version of 8.7.35
-	    
+W.I.P:
+   (8.7.37) * Issue #698: Use the correct mname from Framestack when unregistering a "break" module	    
+            * Ignore backup files (*~ .*.swp etc) files in a modulerc.d directory.
+            * Fixed buildVersion_src to deal with (HEAD detached at x.y.z)
diff --git a/proj_mgmt/buildVersion_src b/proj_mgmt/buildVersion_src
index ab0f1325e..6cff21ad9 100755
--- a/proj_mgmt/buildVersion_src
+++ b/proj_mgmt/buildVersion_src
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ function main()
    local gittag = arg[3]
    local vdate  = arg[4]
 
+   if (branch:find("HEAD detached")) then
+      branch = "main"
+   end
    local s = buildVersionCode(branch, tag, gittag, vdate)
    print (s)
 end