On Thursday 11 August 2011 14:20:27 Jim Meyering wrote:
> Because .tarball-version is never generated in a git-controlled
> directory, there is no risk that it would be accidentally VC-added.
> And anyone who VC-adds the contents of a distribution tarball
> will end up with a lot more to regret than one extra dot file.

Ah, that makes sense.

Thanks,
Andreas

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