diff build-aux/git-version-gen @ 15511:52b887a92a8c

git-version-gen: correct the advice in a comment * build-aux/git-version-gen: Correct comment. Don't recommend to list .tarball-version in .gitignore.
author Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
date Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:16:35 +0200
parents b54bff314db1
children 0da13ca4fc80
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--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen	Wed Aug 10 12:36:13 2011 -0700
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen	Thu Aug 11 14:16:35 2011 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Print a version string.
-scriptversion=2011-07-31.12; # UTC
+scriptversion=2011-08-11.12; # UTC
 
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@
 #   files to pick up a version string change; and leave it stale to
 #   minimize rebuild time after unrelated changes to configure sources.
 #
-# It is probably wise to add these two files to .gitignore, so that you
-# don't accidentally commit either generated file.
+# As with any generated file in a VC'd directory, you should add
+# /.version to .gitignore, so that you don't accidentally commit it.
+# .tarball-version is never generated in a VC'd directory, so needn't
+# be listed there.
 #
 # Use the following line in your configure.ac, so that $(VERSION) will
 # automatically be up-to-date each time configure is run (and note that