build: make vis -v version output more robust

The `git describe` command fails in shallow checked out git repositories which do not include the tag information. At least include the git short hash.
mikaoP · Nov 9, 2016 · 6e142fa · 6e142fa
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 SHAREPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share
 MANPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/man
 
-VERSION = $(shell git describe 2>/dev/null || echo "0.2")
+VERSION = $(shell git describe --always 2>/dev/null || echo "0.2")
 
 CONFIG_LUA ?= 1
 CONFIG_ACL ?= 0