On Tue, 8 Dec 2020, Zack Weinberg wrote:
Yes, that’s intentional. Those files record information copied out of the
git history. See build-aux/git-version-gen and maint.mk.
I don't recall seeing "hidden" files in a GNU package (or really any
tarball distribution) before. It seems like the GNU coding standards
should be addressing such things.
The files appeared in autoconf-2.69c and were not in autoconf-2.69b.
Files starting with a '.' are treated as hidden according to Unix
conventions, but not typically on operating systems not adhering to
Unix conventions.
Bob
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