Correctly get upstream Git commit description

diff --git a/contrib/debian/build-new-package.sh b/contrib/debian/build-new-package.sh
index c2745e8d7519e1d545eea9df01a3382b81473ed4..67d63e5b7af1214ede1be697485c638bcdaf6d13 100755 (executable)
--- a/contrib/debian/build-new-package.sh
+++ b/contrib/debian/build-new-package.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ git checkout master
 git fetch --all --tags
 git pull --ff-only origin master
 
+descr=$(git describe)
+
 git checkout "$branch"
 git merge master
 
@@ -36,11 +38,11 @@ fi
 
 version="0.$date.$rev-$suffix"
 
-dch -v "$version" "Pulled upstream Git version $(git describe)"
+dch -v "$version" "Pulled upstream Git version $descr"
 dch -r ""
 
 git add contrib/debian/changelog
-git commit -m "${branch} ${version}"
+git commit -m "${branch} ${version}, upstream $descr"
 git tag "${branch}_${version}"
 
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