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diff --git a/src/host/genversion.lua b/src/host/genversion.lua
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Lua script to embed the rolling release version in luajit.h.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Copyright (C) 2005-2023 Mike Pall. All rights reserved.
+-- Released under the MIT license. See Copyright Notice in luajit.h
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+local FILE_INPUT_H = "luajit_rolling.h"
+local FILE_INPUT_R = "luajit_relver.txt"
+local FILE_OUTPUT_H = "luajit.h"
+
+local function file_read(file)
+  local fp = assert(io.open(file, "rb"), "run from the wrong directory")
+  local data = assert(fp:read("*a"))
+  fp:close()
+  return data
+end
+
+local function file_write_mod(file, data)
+  local fp = io.open(file, "rb")
+  if fp then
+    local odata = assert(fp:read("*a"))
+    fp:close()
+    if odata == data then return end
+  end
+  fp = assert(io.open(file, "wb"))
+  assert(fp:write(data))
+  assert(fp:close())
+end
+
+local text = file_read(FILE_INPUT_H)
+local relver = file_read(FILE_INPUT_R):match("(%d+)")
+
+if relver then
+  text = text:gsub("ROLLING", relver)
+else
+  io.stderr:write([[
+**** WARNING Cannot determine rolling release version from git log.
+**** WARNING The 'git' command must be available during the build.
+]])
+end
+
+file_write_mod(FILE_OUTPUT_H, text)