this_branch := $(shell tail -c +2 CVS/Tag 2>/dev/null || echo HEAD)
this_branch_flag := $(shell test $(this_branch) = HEAD && echo || echo -r $(this_branch))
-dist:
+# pre-depend on compile as a sanity check
+dist: compile
# this will fail if we haven't checked-in since the comment is null; we want this.
cvs commit -m '' > /dev/null
cvs tag -F xwt-$(current_build)