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... /Simon diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen index 686f703..062178a 100755 --- a/build-aux/git-version-gen +++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #!/bin/sh # Print a version string. -scriptversion=2011-02-19.19; # UTC +scriptversion=2011-05-01.08; # UTC # Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ scriptversion=2011-02-19.19; # UTC # will be present for dependencies, and so that .tarball-version will # exist in distribution tarballs. # +# EXTRA_DIST += $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/git-version-gen # BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version # $(top_srcdir)/.version: # echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
