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"Jonathan del Strother" <maillist@steelskies.com> writes:

> ... the GIT-VERSION-GEN
> script occasionally gives me spurious 'dirty' results (eg when a file
> timestamp changes despite the content having changed).

Good eyes.  Either refreshing before diff-index or using the "git diff"
Porcelain would be more appropriate.