From e30f88551c9eecd4caf62f6437a3307c55f10b59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Li <li.davidm96@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 18:20:01 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] feat: default to a version that dbc will accept for testing

---
 adbc_drivers_dev/make.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/adbc_drivers_dev/make.py b/adbc_drivers_dev/make.py
index 73e0af9..522501a 100644
--- a/adbc_drivers_dev/make.py
+++ b/adbc_drivers_dev/make.py
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ def detect_version(
     if not tags:
         if strict:
             raise ValueError(f"No tags found for driver {driver_root}")
-        version = "unknown"
+        # use a version that dbc will still accept, not "unknown" like we used to
+        version = "v0.0.1-dev"
     else:
         tag = tags[0]
         version = tag[len(prefix) - 1 :]