diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f2de29d..2ce89e2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 /stamp-h1
 /system.hh.gch
 /texinfo.tex
+/version.m4
 AUTHORS
 INSTALL
 Makefile
diff --git a/acprep b/acprep
index 3415470c..ac123011 100755
--- a/acprep
+++ b/acprep
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ cat version.m4.in | sed "s/%VERSION%/$COMMIT/" > version.m4
 
 autoreconf --force --install
 
+
 INCDIRS="-isystem /usr/local/include"
 INCDIRS="$INCDIRS -isystem /opt/local/include"
 INCDIRS="$INCDIRS -isystem /usr/local/include/boost-1_35"
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ if [ -x /usr/bin/g++-4.2 ]; then
     CXX=g++-4.2
 fi
 
-
 SYSTEM=$(uname -s)
 
 if [ $SYSTEM = Linux ]; then