3 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e69de29..a78155c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sera:Ralph Sennhauser <sera@gentoo.org>
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e69de29..c21c815 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The ChangeLog is generated using svn2cl on `make dist`, use "svn log" instead.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f0b9a58..780af9c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,3 +16,11 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	COPYING \
 	NEWS \
 	README
+
+dist-hook:
+	if test -d "$(srcdir)"/.svn ; then \
+		echo "Generating ChangeLog ..." ; \
+		( cd "$(top_srcdir)" && svn2cl --authors AUTHORS -o "$(top_distdir)"/ChangeLog ) ; \
+	else \
+		echo "Needs a svn checkout to generate a ChangeLog" ; \
+	fi