Comment 1 for bug 1453996

Works for me.

oslo.config$ git checkout 1.4.0
HEAD is now at 059579a... Merge "Looks for variable subtitution in the same group"
robertc@lifeless-z140:~/work/oslo.config$ python setup.py egg_info
running egg_info
writing pbr to oslo.config.egg-info/pbr.json
writing requirements to oslo.config.egg-info/requires.txt
writing oslo.config.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing namespace_packages to oslo.config.egg-info/namespace_packages.txt
writing top-level names to oslo.config.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to oslo.config.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to oslo.config.egg-info/entry_points.txt
[pbr] Processing SOURCES.txt
[pbr] In git context, generating filelist from git
warning: no files found matching 'AUTHORS'
warning: no files found matching 'ChangeLog'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
warning: no files found matching 'AUTHORS'
warning: no files found matching 'ChangeLog'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.gitignore'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.gitreview'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution
writing manifest file 'oslo.config.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
robertc@lifeless-z140:~/work/oslo.config$ grep Version oslo.config.egg-info/PKG-INFO
Metadata-Version: 1.1
Version: 1.4.0
        * License: Apache License, Version 2.0