-ChangeLog: $(outdir)/VERSION
- @echo 'See http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=log;h=refs/tags/release/$(TOPLEVEL_VERSION)-1' > ChangeLog
+$(outdir)/ChangeLog: $(outdir)/VERSION
+ @echo 'See http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=log;h=refs/tags/release/$(TOPLEVEL_VERSION)-1' > $@
+
+$(outdir)/RELEASE-COMMIT: # FIXME: any file in $(top-src-dir)/.git/ we can depend on and be sure RELEASE-COMMIT is up to date?
+ git --git-dir=$(top-src-dir)/.git show HEAD | head -100 > $@
+
+# junk me as soon as RELEASE-COMMIT FIXME: has been addressed
+refresh-release-files:
+ test -d $(top-src-dir)/.git && rm -f $(RELEASE_OUT_FILES)
+ $(MAKE) $(RELEASE_OUT_FILES)