1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index a7b9f7607e13..64a9cb5556cd 100755
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 #
 
 usage() {
-        echo "Usage: $0 [--scm-only] [srctree]" >&2
+        echo "Usage: $0 [--save-scmversion] [srctree]" >&2
         exit 1
 }
 
 scm_only=false
 srctree=.
-if test "$1" = "--scm-only"; then
+if test "$1" = "--save-scmversion"; then
         scm_only=true
         shift
 fi
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ collect_files()
 }
 
 if $scm_only; then
-        scm_version
+        if test ! -e .scmversion; then
+                res=$(scm_version)
+                echo "$res" >.scmversion
+        fi
         exit
 fi