For release tarballs, include the proper version

When producing a release tarball, include a "version" file, which
GIT-VERSION-GEN can then use to do the right thing when building from a
tarball.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 845b9dce6eaab80d011370f701c254a051027cc2..7763639a82bf7e2d4ccef8d2795b9e9dda197e9b 100755 (executable)
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE

+DEF_VER=v1.1.GIT

 
 

-VN=$(git-describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) || VN=v1.0.GIT
-VN=$(expr "$VN" : v'\(.*\)')
+# First try git-describe, then see if there is a version file
+# (included in release tarballs), then default
+VN=$(git-describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) ||
+VN=$(cat version) ||
+VN="$DEF_VER"
+
+VN=$(expr "$VN" : v*'\(.*\)')

 if test -r $GVF
 then
        VC=$(sed -e 's/^GIT_VERSION = //' <$GVF)
 if test -r $GVF
 then
        VC=$(sed -e 's/^GIT_VERSION = //' <$GVF)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c9c15b5ff2255dbaa08dcde9e7b37080fef74cc3..fa0cd8315fcc855e84b8c409f88d5e1a910e8ef4 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -489,7 +489,9 @@ dist: git.spec git-tar-tree
        ./git-tar-tree HEAD $(GIT_TARNAME) > $(GIT_TARNAME).tar
        @mkdir -p $(GIT_TARNAME)
        @cp git.spec $(GIT_TARNAME)
        ./git-tar-tree HEAD $(GIT_TARNAME) > $(GIT_TARNAME).tar
        @mkdir -p $(GIT_TARNAME)
        @cp git.spec $(GIT_TARNAME)

-       $(TAR) rf $(GIT_TARNAME).tar $(GIT_TARNAME)/git.spec
+       @echo $(GIT_VERSION) > $(GIT_TARNAME)/version
+       $(TAR) rf $(GIT_TARNAME).tar \
+               $(GIT_TARNAME)/git.spec $(GIT_TARNAME)/version

        @rm -rf $(GIT_TARNAME)
        gzip -f -9 $(GIT_TARNAME).tar
 
        @rm -rf $(GIT_TARNAME)
        gzip -f -9 $(GIT_TARNAME).tar