diff --git a/scripts/create-version-file.sh b/scripts/create-version-file.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+obsw_version_filename="obsw_version.txt"
+version_cmd="git describe --tags --always --exclude docker_*"
+version_tag=$(${version_cmd})
+echo "-I- Running ${version_cmd} to retrieve OBSW version and store it into ${obsw_version_filename}"
+echo "-I- Detected version tag ${version_tag}"
+echo ${version_tag} > ${obsw_version_filename}