IS_GIT=$(shell if [ -d .git ] ; then echo yes ; else echo no; fi)
-VERSION:=$(shell cat version)
+VERSION:=$(shell cat ${srcdir}/version)
ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),release)
ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),release-message)
ifeq ($(IS_GIT),yes)
# targets in the case of parallel invocation of make (-j).
#
# We carefully ensure that our VERSION variable is passed down to any
-# sub-ordinate make invocations (which won't otherwhise know that they
+# sub-ordinate make invocations (which won't otherwise know that they
# are part of the release and need to take the version from the
# version file).
.PHONY: release