From d485b752ce6ba3abfac99534f528eb6c8aa1e8bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastien Vincent <sebastien.vincent@cppextrem.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 12:38:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix build outside git.

---
 defines.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/defines.py b/defines.py
index 5483ce67..46dd1869 100644
--- a/defines.py
+++ b/defines.py
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ def repository_root(self):
                 if ('APPVEYOR' in os.environ) or self.no_git:
                     self._repository_root = self.local_path
                 else:
-                    self._repository_root = os.path.abspath(check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel']).rstrip())
+                    self._repository_root = os.path.abspath(check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel']).rstrip()).decode('utf-8')
             except (CalledProcessError, OSError):
                 self._repository_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
 
-        return self._repository_root.decode('utf-8')
+        return self._repository_root
 
     @property
     def repository_version(self):