Merge branch 'grindylow:main' into main

tools/esp8266/README.md

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ For now the following inverters should work out of the box:
 - `Ticker` 1.0
 - `ESP8266HTTPUpdateServer` 1.0
 - `Time` 1.6.1
-- `RF24` 1.4.2
+- `RF24` 1.4.5
 - `PubSubClient` 2.8
 - `ArduinoJson` 6.19.4
 

tools/esp8266/defines.h

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 //-------------------------------------
 #define VERSION_MAJOR       0
 #define VERSION_MINOR       5
-#define VERSION_PATCH       5
+#define VERSION_PATCH       6
 
 
 //-------------------------------------

tools/esp8266/scripts/auto_firmware_version.py

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ if missing_pkgs:
 from dulwich import porcelain
 
 def get_firmware_specifier_build_flag():
+    try:
         build_version = porcelain.describe('../../')  # refers to the repository root dir
+    except:
+        build_version = "g0000000"
+
     build_flag = "-D AUTO_GIT_HASH=\\\"" + build_version + "\\\""
     print ("Firmware Revision: " + build_version)
     return (build_flag)