fix: Correctly report version. Fixes #2374

[alexec]

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Fixes #2374

[alexec]

Should back-port.

[codecov]

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[simster7]

Is the code that reports the version already in the code base, but wasn't working due to the fact that the .git folder wasn't in the image?

[alexec]

Is the code that reports the version already in the code base, but wasn't working due to the fact that the .git folder wasn't in the image?

Correct. This because we could not determine the Git version when we build in container (i.e DEV_IMAGE=false) as .git was not there.

[simster7]

LGTM