4 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/build-aux/Makefile.each.tail/00-dist.mk b/build-aux/Makefile.each.tail/00-dist.mk
index bc2a3d5..b023e80 100644
--- a/build-aux/Makefile.each.tail/00-dist.mk
+++ b/build-aux/Makefile.each.tail/00-dist.mk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-_dist.files := $(strip $(_dist.files) $(call at.addprefix,$(srcdir),$(files.src)))
+_dist.files := $(strip $(_dist.files) $(call at.addprefix,$(srcdir),$(filter-out $(files.src.int),$(files.src))))
diff --git a/build-aux/Makefile.head.mk b/build-aux/Makefile.head.mk
index e6b4a19..f4eb51d 100644
--- a/build-aux/Makefile.head.mk
+++ b/build-aux/Makefile.head.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2016  Luke Shumaker
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2017  Luke Shumaker
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+at.Makefile ?= Makefile
 _at.MAKEFILE_LIST ?=
-_at.MAKEFILE_LIST := $(strip $(_at.MAKEFILE_LIST) $(abspath $(lastword $(filter-out %.mk,$(MAKEFILE_LIST)))))
+_at.MAKEFILE_LIST := $(strip $(_at.MAKEFILE_LIST) $(lastword $(filter %/$(at.Makefile),$(abspath $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))))
 
 # This bit only gets evaluated once, at the very beginning
 ifeq ($(origin _at.NO_ONCE),undefined)
@@ -86,9 +87,6 @@ define at.nl
 
 endef
 
-# External configuration ###############################################
-at.Makefile ?= Makefile
-
 # Include modules ######################################################
 include $(sort $(wildcard $(topsrcdir)/build-aux/Makefile.once.head/*.mk))
 _at.tmp_targets =
diff --git a/build-aux/Makefile.once.head/00-gitfiles.mk b/build-aux/Makefile.once.head/00-gitfiles.mk
index dbb4ae9..8566a7f 100644
--- a/build-aux/Makefile.once.head/00-gitfiles.mk
+++ b/build-aux/Makefile.once.head/00-gitfiles.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2016  Luke Shumaker
+# Copyright (C) 2016-2017  Luke Shumaker
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ _gitfiles.all =
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(topsrcdir)/.git),)
 $(topsrcdir)/$(gitfiles.file): _gitfiles.FORCE
-	@(cd $(@D) && git ls-files -z) | sed -z -e 's/\$$/\$$$$/g' -e 's/\n/$$(at.nl)/g' | xargs -r0 printf '_gitfiles.all+=%s\n' | $(WRITE_IFCHANGED) $@
+	@(cd $(@D) && git ls-files --recurse-submodules -z) | sed -z -e 's/\$$/\$$$$/g' -e 's/\n/$$(at.nl)/g' | xargs -r0 printf '_gitfiles.all+=%s\n' | $(WRITE_IFCHANGED) $@
 .PHONY: _gitfiles.FORCE
 endif
 
 _gitfiles.dir = $(call at.relto,$(topsrcdir),$(srcdir))
-_gitfiles.dir.all = $(patsubst $(_gitfiles.dir)/%,%,$(filter $(_gitfiles.dir)/%,$(_gitfiles.all)))
+_gitfiles.pat = $(patsubst ./%,%,$(_gitfiles.dir)/%)
+_gitfiles.dir.all = $(patsubst $(_gitfiles.pat),%,$(filter $(_gitfiles.pat),$(_gitfiles.all)))
 _gitfiles.dir.src = $(filter-out $(addsuffix /%,$(nested.subdirs)),$(_gitfiles.dir.all))
diff --git a/build-aux/Makefile.once.tail/00-dist.mk b/build-aux/Makefile.once.tail/00-dist.mk
index a890d9d..59a7dc3 100644
--- a/build-aux/Makefile.once.tail/00-dist.mk
+++ b/build-aux/Makefile.once.tail/00-dist.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2016  Luke Shumaker
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2017  Luke Shumaker
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+# NB: intentionally resolve symlinks (tack on the -P flag to `cp` to
+# not resolve them).  The GNU Coding Standards say to avoid symlinks
+# in tarballs.
 _dist.copyfile = $(MKDIR_P) $(dir $2) && $(CP) -T $1 $2
 _dist.addfile = $(call _dist.copyfile,$3,$2/$(call at.relto,$1,$3))
 $(topoutdir)/$(dist.pkgname)-$(dist.version): $(_dist.files)