From ff277f608bdc51f04aa1a95c972254e98accab6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Makai Mann <makaim@stanford.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:52:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add a comment/warning to the generated file

---
 .github/workflows/write-version.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/write-version.yml b/.github/workflows/write-version.yml
index 2e7241638..50ca9a717 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/write-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/write-version.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update VERSION file
         run: |
-          echo "${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}" > VERSION
+
+          echo -e"# This file is auto-generated by a GitHub Action -- do not edit\n${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}" > VERSION
 
       - name: Commit and push if changed
         run: |