ensure that commit_hash.h is included in the source tarball

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ jobs:
     - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v22
       with:
         github_access_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    - run: nix develop --command bash -c "autoreconf -i && ./configure && make -j4 distcheck"
+    - run: nix develop --command bash -c "autoreconf -i && ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking && make -j4 distcheck"

Makefile.am

@@ -680,16 +680,24 @@ BUILT_SOURCES = commit_hash.h
 
 commit_hash.h: FORCE
 	@if test -e $(srcdir)/.git/logs/HEAD; then \
-		if [ ! -f $@ ] || [ $(srcdir)/.git/logs/HEAD -nt $@ ]; then \
-			echo "Regenerating commit_hash.h..."; \
+		if [ ! -f $(srcdir)/commit_hash.h ] || [ $(srcdir)/.git/logs/HEAD -nt $(srcdir)/commit_hash.h ]; then \
+			echo "Regenerating $(srcdir)/commit_hash.h..."; \
 			$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/generate_commit_hash.sh; \
 		else \
-			echo "commit_hash.h is up-to-date."; \
+			echo "$(srcdir)/commit_hash.h is up-to-date."; \
 		fi \
 	else \
-		echo "Using existing commit_hash.h"; \
+		echo "Using existing $(srcdir)/commit_hash.h"; \
 	fi
 
+# Ensure that commit_hash.h is included in the source tarball.
+dist-hook:
+	test -f $(srcdir)/commit_hash.h || $(MAKE) commit_hash.h
+	ls -ld $(distdir)   # Print permissions of distdir
+	ls -l $(srcdir)/commit_hash.h   # Print details of commit_hash.h
+	chmod u+w $(distdir)/
+	cp $(srcdir)/commit_hash.h $(distdir)/
+
 FORCE:
 
 .PHONY: FORCE