1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1744ea8..7db62e4 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ tarball: clean
 	mkdir -p monkeysphere-$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION)/doc
 	ln -s ../../website/getting-started-user.mdwn ../../website/getting-started-admin.mdwn ../../doc/TODO ../../doc/MonkeySpec monkeysphere-$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION)/doc
 	ln -s ../COPYING ../etc ../Makefile ../man ../src ../tests monkeysphere-$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION)
-	echo $(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION) > monkeysphere-$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION)/VERSION
+	echo Monkeysphere $(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION) > monkeysphere-$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION)/VERSION
+	echo -n "git revision " >> monkeysphere-$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION)/VERSION
+	git rev-parse HEAD >> monkeysphere-$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION)/VERSION
 	tar -ch --exclude='*~' monkeysphere-$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION) | gzip -n > monkeysphere_$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
 	rm -rf monkeysphere-$(MONKEYSPHERE_VERSION)