From d21fe6a1b154b48d33341bf62e33ff2653a246ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rolf Niepraschk <Rolf.Niepraschk@ptb.de>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 07:39:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Test if file VERSION exists

---
 README.md | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 112b276..88cff50 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@ content:
 
 toplevel=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 f=${toplevel}/VERSION
-touch $f
+
+if [ ! -f "$f" ]; then
+  touch "$f"
+  git add "$f" 2>/dev/null
+fi
+
 old_version=$(cat $f)
 new_version=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
 
 if [ "$old_version" != "$new_version" ]; then
-  echo "$new_version" > $f
+  echo "$new_version" > "$f"
   git commit -am "update version to '"$new_version"'"
   git push origin # Is required because normal push does not necessarily happen
 fi
-- 
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