diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index 8736335f2f3bd..841b9627c4e50 100755
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/lib.sh"
 cdroot
 
+# If in Sapling, just print the commit since we don't have tags.
+if [ -d ".sl" ]; then
+	sl log -l 1 | awk '/changeset/ { print substr($2, 0, 16) }'
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 if [[ "${CODER_FORCE_VERSION:-}" != "" ]]; then
 	echo "$CODER_FORCE_VERSION"
 	exit 0