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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--Makefile.maint4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dfa12e84c..b08aa8951 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-10-23 Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> (tiny change)
+
+ * Makefile.maint (alpha beta major): Use a better log message for
+ the automatic commit of .prev-version.
+
2006-10-23 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
* tests/misc/pwd-long: Undo last change, since it made Perl invoke
diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 101a1c0fc..df412f64c 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -591,4 +591,6 @@ alpha beta major: news-date-check changelog-check $(local-check)
chmod a-w $(rel-files)
$(MAKE) -s emit_upload_commands RELEASE_TYPE=$@
echo $(VERSION) > $(prev_version_file)
- $(VC) commit -m. $(prev_version_file)
+ $(VC) commit -m \
+ '$(prev_version_file): Record previous version: $(VERSION).' \
+ $(prev_version_file)