diff --git a/contrib/git-descr.sh b/contrib/git-descr.sh
index 95363279d8ca1aa5ff8993542e0388b91ee9591d..96a993095bd68620419cb13954a0f757daa2b881 100755
--- a/contrib/git-descr.sh
+++ b/contrib/git-descr.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ do
 done
 
 if test x$short = xyes; then
-    r=$(git describe --all --match 'basepoints/gcc-[1-9]*' $c | sed -n 's,^tags/,,;s,^basepoints/gcc-\([1-9][0-9]*\)-\([0-9][0-9]*\)-g[0-9a-f]*$,r\1-\2,p;s,^basepoints/gcc-\([1-9][0-9]*\)$,r\1-0,p');
+    r=$(git describe --all --match 'basepoints/gcc-[0-9]*' $c | sed -n 's,^tags/,,;s,^basepoints/gcc-\([0-9][0-9]*\)-\([0-9][0-9]*\)-g[0-9a-f]*$,r\1-\2,p;s,^basepoints/gcc-\([0-9][0-9]*\)$,r\1-0,p');
 elif test x$long = xyes; then
-    r=$(git describe --all --abbrev=40 --match 'basepoints/gcc-[1-9]*' $c | sed -n 's,^tags/,,;s,^basepoints/gcc-,r,p')
+    r=$(git describe --all --abbrev=40 --match 'basepoints/gcc-[0-9]*' $c | sed -n 's,^tags/,,;s,^basepoints/gcc-,r,p')
 else
-    r=$(git describe --all --abbrev=14 --match 'basepoints/gcc-[1-9]*' $c | sed -n 's,^tags/,,;s,^basepoints/gcc-,r,p')
+    r=$(git describe --all --abbrev=14 --match 'basepoints/gcc-[0-9]*' $c | sed -n 's,^tags/,,;s,^basepoints/gcc-,r,p')
     expr ${r:-no} : 'r[0-9]\+$' >/dev/null && r=${r}-0-g$(git rev-parse $c);
 fi;
 if test -n $r; then
diff --git a/contrib/git-undescr.sh b/contrib/git-undescr.sh
index fd694077467ecba779a43e7c9e8064a055b28aff..1db67dc6ebf8798255e3d7045357fa43d5bd58c1 100755
--- a/contrib/git-undescr.sh
+++ b/contrib/git-undescr.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # Script to undescribe a GCC revision
 
 o=$(git config --get gcc-config.upstream);
-r=$(echo $1 | sed -n 's,^r\([1-9][0-9]*\)-[0-9][0-9]*\(-g[0-9a-f]*\)*$,\1,p');
-n=$(echo $1 | sed -n 's,^r[1-9][0-9]*-\([0-9][0-9]*\)\(-g[0-9a-f]*\)*$,\1,p');
+r=$(echo $1 | sed -n 's,^r\([0-9][0-9]*\)-[0-9][0-9]*\(-g[0-9a-f]*\)*$,\1,p');
+n=$(echo $1 | sed -n 's,^r[0-9][0-9]*-\([0-9][0-9]*\)\(-g[0-9a-f]*\)*$,\1,p');
 
 test -z $r && echo Invalid id $1 && exit 1;
 h=$(git rev-parse --verify --quiet ${o:-origin}/releases/gcc-$r);
 test -z $h && h=$(git rev-parse --verify --quiet ${o:-origin}/master);
-p=$(git describe --all --match 'basepoints/gcc-'$r $h | sed -n 's,^tags/,,;s,^basepoints/gcc-[1-9][0-9]*-\([0-9][0-9]*\)-g[0-9a-f]*$,\1,p;s,^basepoints/gcc-[1-9][0-9]*$,0,p');
+p=$(git describe --all --match 'basepoints/gcc-'$r $h | sed -n 's,^tags/,,;s,^basepoints/gcc-[0-9][0-9]*-\([0-9][0-9]*\)-g[0-9a-f]*$,\1,p;s,^basepoints/gcc-[0-9][0-9]*$,0,p');
 git rev-parse --verify $h~$(expr $p - $n);