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-rwxr-xr-xGIT-VERSION-GEN10
-rw-r--r--Makefile4
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 845b9dce6..7763639a8 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
#!/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)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c9c15b5ff..fa0cd8315 100644
--- 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)
- $(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