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Re: Hidden files in autoconf 2.70 distribution?


From: Zack Weinberg
Subject: Re: Hidden files in autoconf 2.70 distribution?
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 20:13:29 -0500

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 6:37 PM Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us>
wrote:

> I notice that the autoconf-2.70 tarball contains "hidden" files.  Is
> this intentional?
>
> The "hidden" files are ".prev-version", ".version", and
> ".tarball-version".
>

Yes, that’s intentional. Those files record information copied out of the
git history. See build-aux/git-version-gen and maint.mk.

zw

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