+files are F<git_version.h> and F<lib/Config_git.pl>.
+
+=head2 F<lib/Config_git.pl>
+
+Contains status information from git in a form meant to be processed
+by the tied hash logic of Config.pm. It is actually optional,
+although -V:git.\* will be uninformative without it.
+
+C<git_version.h> contains similar information in a C header file
+format, designed to be used by patchlevel.h. This file is obtained
+from stock_git_version.h if miniperl is not available, and then
+later on replaced by the version created by this script.