I have a project that uses Automake as the build system and it is hosted on GitLab. When I create a release, GitLab automatically adds a tarball (with git archive). Automake creates so called distributions with make dist that generates the configure script and other files. With the distribution the user has to run the configure script and does not need any Autotool.

I have a project that uses Automake as the build system and it is hosted on GitLab. When I create a release, GitLab automatically adds a tarball (with git archive). Automake creates so called distributions with make dist that generates the configure script and other files. With the distribution the user has to run the configure script and does not need any Autotool.