@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ def __init__(self, working_dir: Union[None, PathLike] = None):
794794self ._environment :Dict [str ,str ]= {}
795795
796796# Cached version slots
797- self ._version_info :Union [Tuple [int ,int , int , int ],None ]= None
797+ self ._version_info :Union [Tuple [int ,... ],None ]= None
798798self ._version_info_token :object = None
799799
800800# Cached command slots
@@ -831,10 +831,10 @@ def working_dir(self) -> Union[None, PathLike]:
831831return self ._working_dir
832832
833833@property
834- def version_info (self )-> Tuple [int ,int , int , int ]:
834+ def version_info (self )-> Tuple [int ,... ]:
835835"""
836- :return:tuple(int, int, int, int) tuple with integers representing the major,
837- minor and additional version numbers as parsed from git version.
836+ :return: minor and additional
837+ version numbers as parsed from git version. Up to four fields are used .
838838
839839 This value is generated on demand and is cached.
840840 """
@@ -846,16 +846,14 @@ def version_info(self) -> Tuple[int, int, int, int]:
846846assert self ._version_info is not None ,"Bug: corrupted token-check state"
847847return self ._version_info
848848
849- # We only use the first 4 numbers, as everything else could be strings in fact (on Windows).
850- process_version = self ._call_process ("version" )# Should be as default *args and **kwargs used.
851- version_numbers = process_version .split (" " )[2 ]
849+ # Run "git version" and parse it.
850+ process_version = self ._call_process ("version" )
851+ version_string = process_version .split (" " )[2 ]
852+ version_fields = version_string .split ("." )[:4 ]
853+ self ._version_info = tuple (int (n )for n in version_fields if n .isdigit ())
852854
853- self ._version_info = cast (
854- Tuple [int ,int ,int ,int ],
855- tuple (int (n )for n in version_numbers .split ("." )[:4 ]if n .isdigit ()),
856- )
855+ # This value will be considered valid until the next refresh.
857856self ._version_info_token = refresh_token
858-
859857return self ._version_info
860858
861859@overload