On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 6:37 PM Bob Friesenhahn <bfrie...@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 >
