From: Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:09:15 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: maint.mk: absolute VPATH issue
X-Git-Tag: v0.1~516
X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.org.uk/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ed4e07a077c43052ebb60ea813698f289ba2f367;p=gnulib.git

maint.mk: absolute VPATH issue

* top/maint.mk (release-prep): Help Git find .git/.
From Jim Meyering.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ddd205e16..ad0c05b9a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-07-30  Akim Demaille  <akim@lrde.epita.fr>
+
+	maint.mk: absolute VPATH issue
+	* top/maint.mk (release-prep): Help Git find .git/.
+	From Jim Meyering.
+
 2012-07-29  Akim Demaille  <akim@lrde.epita.fr>
 
 	gitlog-to-changelog: fix previous change
diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index 2af938e6a..fa0280e3a 100644
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -1387,9 +1387,8 @@ release-prep:
 	echo $(VERSION) > $(prev_version_file)
 	$(MAKE) update-NEWS-hash
 	perl -pi -e '$$. == 3 and print "$(gl_noteworthy_news_)\n\n\n"' $(srcdir)/NEWS
-	$(emit-commit-log) > .ci-msg
-	$(VC) commit -F .ci-msg -a
-	rm .ci-msg
+	msg=$$($(emit-commit-log)) || exit 1;		\
+	(cd $(srcdir) && $(VC) commit -m "$$msg" -a)
 
 # Override this with e.g., -s $(srcdir)/some_other_name.texi
 # if the default $(PACKAGE)-derived name doesn't apply.