#!/bin/sh
# Print a version string.
-scriptversion=2011-01-04.17; # UTC
+scriptversion=2011-08-11.12; # UTC
# Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# 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
# [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 $@
# Avoid meddling by environment variable of the same name.
v=
+v_from_git=
# First see if there is a tarball-only version file.
# then try "git describe", then default.
# Change the first '-' to a '.', so version-comparing tools work properly.
# Remove the "g" in git describe's output string, to save a byte.
v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-/./;s/\(.*\)-g/\1-/'`;
+ v_from_git=1
else
v=UNKNOWN
fi
v=`echo "$v" |sed 's/^v//'`
-# Don't declare a version "dirty" merely because a time stamp has changed.
-git update-index --refresh > /dev/null 2>&1
+# Test whether to append the "-dirty" suffix only if the version
+# string we're using came from git. I.e., skip the test if it's "UNKNOWN"
+# or if it came from .tarball-version.
+if test -n "$v_from_git"; then
+ # Don't declare a version "dirty" merely because a time stamp has changed.
+ git update-index --refresh > /dev/null 2>&1
-dirty=`exec 2>/dev/null;git diff-index --name-only HEAD` || dirty=
-case "$dirty" in
- '') ;;
- *) # Append the suffix only if there isn't one already.
- case $v in
- *-dirty) ;;
- *) v="$v-dirty" ;;
- esac ;;
-esac
+ dirty=`exec 2>/dev/null;git diff-index --name-only HEAD` || dirty=
+ case "$dirty" in
+ '') ;;
+ *) # Append the suffix only if there isn't one already.
+ case $v in
+ *-dirty) ;;
+ *) v="$v-dirty" ;;
+ esac ;;
+ esac
+fi
# Omit the trailing newline, so that m4_esyscmd can use the result directly.
echo "$v" | tr -d "$nl"