git-version-gen: aesthetic tweak

* build-aux/git-version-gen: Use "$nl" rather than a literal,
so that the command remains on a single line.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d09e5e02eb6ff08648c229aa60d0e1ade83f712b..283d4c13e0d57efa21bbde64f4876e559f87afac 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-04-26  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+       git-version-gen: aesthetic tweak
+       * build-aux/git-version-gen: Use "$nl" rather than a literal,
+       so that the command remains on a single line.
+
 2010-04-26  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 
        git-version-gen: allow use on EBCDIC hosts

diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen
index be85b6d88a2df9d12862236d4562f806bf97ce1e..5a7e989584f95507eb2d0b92fa9c3e249ae0a545 100755 (executable)
--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Print a version string.
-scriptversion=2010-04-26.15; # UTC
+scriptversion=2010-04-26.16; # UTC
 
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ case "$dirty" in
 esac
 
 # Omit the trailing newline, so that m4_esyscmd can use the result directly.
-echo "$v" | tr -d '
-'
+echo "$v" | tr -d "$nl"
 
 # Local variables:
 # eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)