Index: configure
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diff -u -N -rd5c35624e8e858994c421a372211d40903d07255 -r0ecc82c8627c4cc7e5f008c2032695cee4918f0d
--- configure	(.../configure)	(revision d5c35624e8e858994c421a372211d40903d07255)
+++ configure	(.../configure)	(revision 0ecc82c8627c4cc7e5f008c2032695cee4918f0d)
@@ -719,6 +719,8 @@
 TCL_BIN_DIR
 TCL_PATCH_LEVEL
 TCL_VERSION
+NSF_COMMIT
+git_installed
 NSF_PATCH_LEVEL
 NSF_MINOR_VERSION
 NSF_MAJOR_VERSION
@@ -2517,8 +2519,61 @@
 
 
 
-echo "Configuring next Version $PACKAGE_VERSION"
+echo "Configuring NSF Version $PACKAGE_VERSION"
 
+# Extract the first word of "git", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy git; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_git_installed+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$git_installed"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_git_installed="$git_installed" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_git_installed=""yes""
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_git_installed" && ac_cv_prog_git_installed=""no""
+fi
+fi
+git_installed=$ac_cv_prog_git_installed
+if test -n "$git_installed"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $git_installed" >&5
+$as_echo "$git_installed" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+
+if test "$git_installed" = "yes" -a -d ".git" ; then
+   nsf_commit=`git describe --dirty`
+elif test -f "COMMIT" ; then
+   nsf_commit=`cat COMMIT`
+else
+   nsf_commit=`unknown-$PACKAGE_VERSION`
+fi
+
+NSF_COMMIT=$nsf_commit
+
+
+# AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([NSF_COMMIT], "$nsf_commit",
+#       	     [Commit ID at the time of the last configure run.])
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Load the tclConfig.sh file
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -5692,7 +5747,7 @@
 
 
     PKG_CFLAGS="$PKG_CFLAGS -DNSF_VERSION=\\\"$NSF_VERSION\\\" -DNSF_PATCHLEVEL=\\\"$NSF_PATCH_LEVEL\\\" \
-	$AOL_DEFINES "
+-DNSF_COMMIT=\\\"$NSF_COMMIT\\\" $AOL_DEFINES "