git.version_info now returns exactly 4 numbers

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/git/cmd.py b/git/cmd.py
index 29d942ae..22a8924b 100644
--- a/git/cmd.py
+++ b/git/cmd.py
@@ -223,8 +223,9 @@ class Git(LazyMixin):
 
 	def _set_cache_(self, attr):
 		if attr == '_version_info':
+			# We only use the first 4 numbers, as everthing else could be strings in fact (on windows)
 			version_numbers = self._call_process('version').rpartition(' ')[2]
-			self._version_info = tuple(int(n) for n in version_numbers.split('.'))
+			self._version_info = tuple(int(n) for n in version_numbers.split('.')[:4])
 		else:
 			super(Git, self)._set_cache_(attr)
 		#END handle version info
@@ -237,7 +238,8 @@ class Git(LazyMixin):
 		
 	@property
 	def version_info(self):
-		""":return: tuple(int, ...) tuple with integers representing the major, minor
+		"""
+		:return: tuple(int, int, int, int) tuple with integers representing the major, minor
 			and additional version numbers as parsed from git version.
 			This value is generated on demand and is cached"""
 		return self._version_info