diff --git a/GEN-VERSION-FILE b/GEN-VERSION-FILE
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Based on git's GIT-VERSION-GEN.
+
+VF=VERSION-FILE
+DEF_VER=v2.2
+
+LF='
+'
+
+if test -d .git -o -f .git &&
+	VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
+	case "$VN" in
+	*$LF*) (exit 1) ;;
+	v[0-9]*)
+		git update-index -q --refresh
+		test -z "$(git diff-index --name-only HEAD --)" ||
+		VN="$VN-dirty" ;;
+	esac
+then
+	VN=$(echo "$VN" | sed -e 's/-/./g');
+else
+	VN="$DEF_VER"
+fi
+
+VN=$(expr "$VN" : v*'\(.*\)')
+
+if test -r $VF
+then
+	VC=$(sed -e 's/^VERSION=//' <$VF)
+else
+	VC=unset
+fi
+test "$VN" = "$VC" || {
+	echo >&2 "VERSION=$VN"
+	echo "VERSION=$VN" >$VF
+}
+
+