From 9555396c908297f50a1e957cae6238959236467a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jennifer Richards <jennifer@painless-security.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 15:47:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure the m4 directory exists so that autoreconf doesn't
 complain

  * Add a throwaway hidden file so git creates the directory
  * Add an exception in .gitignore so this file is not ignored
---
 .gitignore           | 3 ++-
 m4/.ignore-this-file | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 m4/.ignore-this-file

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7159568..6dab25d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ configure
 Makefile.in
 Makefile
 autom4te.cache
-m4
+m4/*
+!m4/.ignore-this-file
 ltmain.sh
 libtool
 config.*
diff --git a/m4/.ignore-this-file b/m4/.ignore-this-file
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15a8762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/.ignore-this-file
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This file only exists to ensure the m4 directory exists in the git repository.
+Without it, autoreconf complains when building for the first time.
-- 
2.1.4