get git version when running configure

autogen.sh

@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-  gajimversion="0.16.10.2"
-  if [ -d ".hg" ]; then
-    node=$(hg  tip --template "{node}")
-    hgversion="-${node:0:12}"
-  else
-    hgversion=""
-  fi
-  echo "define([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION], [${gajimversion}${hgversion}])" > m4/hgversion.m4
-
   AM_ARGS="--add-missing --gnu --copy -Wno-portability"
   CONF_ARGS=""
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT([Gajim - A Jabber Instant Messager],
-		["version-set-in-hgversion"],[http://trac.gajim.org/],[gajim])
+		m4_esyscmd_s([python -c "import os;os.chdir('src');from common import defs; print defs.version"]),[https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim],[gajim])
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)

m4/acinclude.m4

@@ -47,8 +47,3 @@ AC_DEFUN([AS_AC_EXPAND],
   prefix=$prefix_save
   exec_prefix=$exec_prefix_save
 ])
-
-# Fix autoconf: They don't allow shell variables in AC_INIT
-# So we have to define them via m4 to be accepted....
-
-m4_include(m4/hgversion.m4)