Question

I’m trying to generate git commit hash (or version) in my project, using a configure script that has the following:

AC_INIT([proj],
        m4_esyscmd([build-aux/git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
        [bug@example])

And Makefile.am I have the following:

BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
$(top_srcdir)/.version:
    echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@

dist-hook:
    echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.tarball-version

I have a line that debugs VERSION every time the configure script is ran:

echo $PACKAGE $VERSION

(As in described in the git-version-gen script) But for some reason whenever I re-generate the configure script and run it, it gives me the following output:

proj UNKNOWN-dirty

What am I missing?

I also tried adding the build-aux folder including the script in git but no luck.

Answer 1

does git tag display anything?

if not you might try and tag something with git tag -a vX.X
and try running git-version-gen again