Make versioning always show diff from last tag to current commit

.github/workflows/scripts/set_version.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -e
-if ([ "${GITHUB_REF##*/}" = "master" ]) then
-    export RIPES_VERSION=continuous
-else
-    # get tag name and convert '/' to '-'
-    export RIPES_VERSION=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/} | sed -e 's/\//-/g')
-fi
+# Get the last tag which is not the top-of-head continuous tag
+export RIPES_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --exclude "continuous")

src/version/version.cmake

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set(ENV{GIT_DIR} ${RIPES_SRC_DIR}/.git)
-execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tags
+execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tags --exclude "continuous" 
                 OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_REV
                 ERROR_QUIET)