Re: git-version-gen and EXTRA_DIST

[Jim Meyering]

Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Here is another approach, given that git-version-gen already includes
> some instructions for things to put in Makefile.am.
>
> But maybe there is a better approach, so let's see if we can figure out
> what makes coreutils include the script in the tarball...

Hi Simon,

It is included because of this line in the gnulib-tool-generated
lib/gnulib.mk:

    EXTRA_DIST += $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/git-version-gen