1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/version.sh b/tools/version.sh
index 9f47afcfd2..332dbc1838 100755
--- a/tools/version.sh
+++ b/tools/version.sh
@@ -45,11 +45,10 @@ gitversion() {
         # Is this a git-svn commit?
         if ! git log  HEAD^.. --pretty=format:"%b" | grep -q "git-svn-id: svn" ; then
             mod="M"
-        fi
-
         # Are there uncommitted changes?
-        git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null
-        if git diff-index --name-only HEAD | read dummy; then
+        elif git diff --name-only HEAD | read dummy; then
+            mod="M"
+        elif git diff --name-only --cached HEAD | read dummy; then
             mod="M"
         fi