diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d62db5d0..c08f2777 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ install: $(INSTALL_TARGETS)
store_git_version:
echo -n ${I3_VERSION} > I3_VERSION
- echo -n ${VERSION} > VERSION
dist: distclean
[ ! -d i3-${VERSION} ] || rm -rf i3-${VERSION}
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ dist: distclean
mkdir i3-${VERSION}/i3-input
find i3-input -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name "*.c" -or -name "*.mk" -or -name "*.h" -or -name "Makefile" \) -exec cp '{}' i3-${VERSION}/i3-input \;
cp I3_VERSION i3-${VERSION}/I3_VERSION
- cp VERSION i3-${VERSION}/VERSION
# Pre-generate a manpage to allow distributors to skip this step and save some dependencies
$(MAKE) mans
cp man/*.1 i3-${VERSION}/man/
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index f5885845..00000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4.12
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 0215d35b..e99f93c8 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ endif
# In dist and snapshot tarballs, use the I3_VERSION and VERSION files. Otherwise use git information.
ifeq ($(wildcard .git),)
# not in git repository
- VERSION := '$(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/VERSION)'
- I3_VERSION := '$(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/I3_VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/I3_VERSION)'
+ VERSION := $(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/I3_VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/I3_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+ I3_VERSION := $(shell [ -f $(TOPDIR)/I3_VERSION ] && cat $(TOPDIR)/I3_VERSION)
else
VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
I3_VERSION := '$(shell git describe --tags --always) ($(shell git log --pretty=format:%cd --date=short -n1), branch \"$(shell git describe --tags --always --all | sed s:heads/::)\")'
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 61b3c444..cc59d6a2 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ cp "${STARTDIR}/RELEASE-NOTES-${RELEASE_VERSION}" "RELEASE-NOTES-${RELEASE_VERSI
git add RELEASE-NOTES-${RELEASE_VERSION}
git rm RELEASE-NOTES-${PREVIOUS_VERSION}
sed -i "s,[^<]*,${RELEASE_VERSION},g" man/asciidoc.conf
-echo "${RELEASE_VERSION}" > VERSION
echo "${RELEASE_VERSION} ($(date +%F))" > I3_VERSION
-git add VERSION I3_VERSION
+git add I3_VERSION
git commit -a -m "release i3 ${RELEASE_VERSION}"
git tag "${RELEASE_VERSION}" -m "release i3 ${RELEASE_VERSION}" --sign --local-user=0x4AC8EE1D