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-rw-r--r--ranger/__init__.py1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ranger/__init__.py b/ranger/__init__.py
index c7091a3e..25087ea5 100644
--- a/ranger/__init__.py
+++ b/ranger/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def version_helper():
         try:
             git_describe = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'describe'],
                                             universal_newlines=True,
+                                            cwd=RANGERDIR,
                                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
             (git_description, _) = git_describe.communicate()
             version_string = version_string.format(git_description.strip('\n'))