Fix for issue 9685:

chrome/tools/build/linux/version.sh

 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # TODO(mmoss) This is (mostly) just a conversion to sh syntax of
 # tools/build/win/version.bat. Rewrite both as common python.
 
 TMPL="$1"
 OUTFILE="$2"
 CHROMEDIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname "$0")/../../../)
 
 # Load version digits as environment variables.
 . "$CHROMEDIR/VERSION"
 
 # Load branding strings as environment variables
 DISTRIBUTION="chromium"
 if [ "$CHROMIUM_BUILD" = "_google_chrome" ]; then
   DISTRIBUTION="google_chrome"
 fi
 # Make sure the string values are quoted.
 eval $(sed -e 's/\([^=]*\)=\(.*\)/\1="\2"/' \
   "$CHROMEDIR/app/theme/$DISTRIBUTION/BRANDING")
 
 # Determine the current repository revision number.
 LASTCHANGE=$(svn info 2>/dev/null | grep "Revision:" | cut -d" " -f2-)
 if [ -z "$LASTCHANGE" ]; then
   # Maybe it's a git client
-  LASTCHANGE=$(git-svn info 2>/dev/null | grep "Revision:" | cut -d" " -f2-)
+  LASTCHANGE=$(git log | perl -lnwe 'if (s/^\s*git-svn-id:\s+.*\@(\d+)\s[a-f\d\-]+$/$1/) {print; exit; }')
 fi
 
 OFFICIAL_BUILD="false"
 if [ "$CHROME_BUILD_TYPE" = "_official" ]; then
   OFFICIAL_BUILD="true"
 fi
 
 # Write to a temp file and only overwrite the target if it changes, to avoid
 # unnecessary compiles due to timestamp changes.
 TMPFILE=$(mktemp -q -t chromiumver-XXXXXX)
@@ skipping 15 matching lines @@
     -e "s/@COPYRIGHT@/$COPYRIGHT/" \
     -e "s/@OFFICIAL_BUILD@/$OFFICIAL_BUILD/" \
     -e "s/@LASTCHANGE@/$LASTCHANGE/" "$TMPL" > "$TMPFILE"
 
 diff -q "$TMPFILE" "$OUTFILE" >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   mv -f "$TMPFILE" "$OUTFILE"
 else
   rm "$TMPFILE"
 fi