From 31234832591b09e1982b386ff6811d348a129ec2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mattip <matti.picus@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:01:40 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] use a default assignment for git_hash [skip ci]

---
 numpy/_build_utils/gitversion.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/numpy/_build_utils/gitversion.py b/numpy/_build_utils/gitversion.py
index d910581a85d4..6686ddb51fdd 100644
--- a/numpy/_build_utils/gitversion.py
+++ b/numpy/_build_utils/gitversion.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def git_version(version):
     import subprocess
     import os.path
 
+    git_hash = ''
     try:
         p = subprocess.Popen(
             ['git', 'log', '-1', '--format="%H %aI"'],
@@ -48,8 +49,6 @@ def git_version(version):
             # Only attach git tag to development versions
             if 'dev' in version:
                 version += f'+git{git_date}.{git_hash[:7]}'
-        else:
-            git_hash = ''
 
     return version, git_hash