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-rwxr-xr-xsrc/gen-hb-version.py8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/gen-hb-version.py b/src/gen-hb-version.py
index 4fac0a0e5..06018edfc 100755
--- a/src/gen-hb-version.py
+++ b/src/gen-hb-version.py
@@ -32,5 +32,9 @@ with open (INPUT, "r", encoding='utf-8') as template:
.replace ("@HB_VERSION@", version)
.encode ())
-# copy it also to src/
-shutil.copyfile (OUTPUT, os.path.join (CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR, os.path.basename (OUTPUT)))
+# copy it also to the source tree, but only if it has changed
+baseline_filename = os.path.join (CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR, os.path.basename (OUTPUT))
+with open(baseline_filename, "rb") as baseline:
+ with open(OUTPUT, "rb") as generated:
+ if baseline.read() != generated.read():
+ shutil.copyfile (OUTPUT, baseline_filename)