Adds flag --force-git to force Git detection

README.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ With that setup the file is updated when `npm start` and `npm run-script build`
 
 The script generates a TypeScript file at the location: `./src/_versions.ts`.
 You can change that by passing the option *--file*, e.g. `node ./node_modules/ng-appversion/index.js --file=src/config/version.ts`.
+If your .git folder is not in the same folder as your node_modules folder, automatic detection won't work. In that case you can add *--force-git* to force detection.
 
 You'll be able to import the values just like any other package:
 ```

index.js

@@ -25,8 +25,16 @@ const versionFilePath = path.join(versionFile);
 
 let src = 'export const version = \'' + appVersion + '\';\n';
 
-if (fs.existsSync(gitFolder)) {
+let enableGit = false;
+if (argv.hasOwnProperty('force-git')) {
+    enableGit = true;
+    console.log('[NgAppVersion] Git repository forced. Getting current commit information.');
+} else if (fs.existsSync(gitFolder)) {
+    enableGit = true;
     console.log('[NgAppVersion] Git repository detected. Getting current commit information.');
+}
+
+if (enableGit) {
     const git = require('git-describe');
     try {
         const info = git.gitDescribeSync({ longSemver: true });