# HG changeset patch
# User Iain Nicol <iain@iainnicol.com>
# Date 1312115459 -3600
# Node ID b54bff314db1338711024535a12f6707d24b5b34
# Parent  51661422d6f2fe4f9811dcb3c220a099a6f8f6f4
git-version-gen: document that EXTRA_DIST must include .version

* build-aux/git-version-gen: In the how-to-use comment, document
that EXTRA_DIST must include .version.  Otherwise, "make distcheck"
will fail when run from an unpacked distribution tarball.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-07-31  Iain Nicol  <iain@thenicols.net>
+
+	git-version-gen: document that EXTRA_DIST must include .version
+	* build-aux/git-version-gen: In the how-to-use comment, document
+	that EXTRA_DIST must include .version.  Otherwise, "make distcheck"
+	will fail when run from an unpacked distribution tarball.
+
 2011-08-01  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	wctype-h: Fix last change.
diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen
--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Print a version string.
-scriptversion=2011-02-19.19; # UTC
+scriptversion=2011-07-31.12; # UTC
 
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@
 #         [bug-project@example])
 #
 # Then use the following lines in your Makefile.am, so that .version
-# will be present for dependencies, and so that .tarball-version will
-# exist in distribution tarballs.
+# will be present for dependencies, and so that .version and
+# .tarball-version will exist in distribution tarballs.
 #
+# EXTRA_DIST = $(top_srcdir)/.version
 # BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
 # $(top_srcdir)/.version:
 #	echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@