Symlink README to README.md when running make dist.

Since Markdown is perfectly human readable, just create a symlink from
README to README.md when make dist wants it. Also add it to .gitignore.

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb9bf5c..40094c4 100644 (file)
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 *-coverage*
 /ChangeLog
 /INSTALL
+/README
 /aclocal.m4
 /autom4te.cache
 /compile

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index de8bdf7..6bf5f5e 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ configure-version:
 
 # Triggering the README target means we are building a distribution (make dist).
 README: configure-version README.md
+       ln -sf README.md README
+
+CLEANFILES = README
 
 ChangeLog:
        (cd $(srcdir) && git log) > ChangeLog