diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9814823..8d44357 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ build
 CHECKSUM.MD5
 javadoc
 lib
-src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Version.java
 TAGS
 target
 UMLGraph-R*
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/.gitignore b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 07abfee..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Version.java
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Version.java b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Version.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e42f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/umlgraph/doclet/Version.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* Automatically generated file */
+package org.umlgraph.doclet;
+class Version { public static String VERSION = "R5_7_1";}
+	
\ No newline at end of file