avoid  py3 error in setup.py (#2030)

print("GIT SHA: " + GIT_SHA)
TypeError: Can't convert 'NoneType' object to str implicitly
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ed8d081..20dcbc1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         s = str(subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD']))
         return s.strip()
     except:
-        pass
+        return ""
 
 GIT_SHA = get_git_sha()
 version_info = {