diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index f5c9a6c7f..a89883b8b 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ PATH_TO_TCLSH             := @PATH_TO_TCLSH@
 PATH_TO_LS                := @PATH_TO_LS@
 MODULEPATH_ROOT           := @MODULEPATH_ROOT@
 VERSION_SRC               := $(srcdir)/src/Version.lua
+SETTARG_VSRC              := $(srcdir)/settarg/Version.lua
 LUA_INCLUDE               := @LUA_INCLUDE@
 UPDATE_SYSTEM_FN          := @UPDATE_SYSTEM_FN@
 GIT_PROG                  := @PATH_TO_GIT@
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ __installMe:
 	        -e 's|@use_dot_files@|$(USE_DOT_FILES)|g'                         \
 	        -e 's|@lang@|$(LMOD_OVERRIDE_LANG)|g'                             \
 	        -e 's|@site_msg_file@|$(SITE_MSG_FILE)|g'                         \
-	        -e 's|@git@|($(GIT_VERSION))|g'                                   \
+	        -e 's|@git@|$(GIT_VERSION)|g'                                     \
 	        -e 's|--@ignore_dirs@--|$(IGNORE_DIRS)|g'                         \
 	        -e 's|@sys_lua_path@|$(SYS_LUA_PATH)|g'                           \
 	        -e 's|@hidden_italic@|$(LMOD_HIDDEN_ITALIC)|g'                    \
@@ -575,13 +576,14 @@ gittag:
 	    echo "configure is out of date => try again";                                   \
 	  else                                                                              \
 	    $(RM)                                                           $(VERSION_SRC); \
+	    $(RM)                                                          $(SETTARG_VSRC); \
 	    echo 'local M={}'                                            >  $(VERSION_SRC); \
 	    echo 'function M.tag()  return "$(TAG)"   end'               >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
 	    echo 'function M.git()'                                      >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
 	    echo '   local s = "@git@"'                                  >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
-	    echo '   if (s == "@" .. "git@")     then s = "" end'        >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
-	    echo '   if (s == "("..M.tag()..")") then s = "" end'        >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
-	    echo '   return s'                                           >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
+	    echo '   if (s == "@" .. "git@") then s = "" end'            >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
+	    echo '   if (s == M.tag()      ) then s = "" end'            >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
+	    echo '   return s == "" and s or "("..s..")"'                >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
 	    echo 'end'                                                   >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
 	    echo 'function M.date() return "$(VDATE)" end'               >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
 	    echo 'function M.name()'                                     >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
@@ -592,8 +594,11 @@ gittag:
 	    echo '  return table.concat(a," ")'                          >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
 	    echo 'end'                                                   >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
 	    echo 'return M'                                              >> $(VERSION_SRC); \
+	    cp                                          $(VERSION_SRC)     $(SETTARG_VSRC); \
 	    $(UPDATE_VERSION) -p $(CONF_PY_PATTERN)          --version $(TAG)   $(CONF_PY); \
-	    git commit -m "moving to TAG_VERSION $(TAG)"         $(CONF_PY) $(VERSION_SRC); \
+	    git commit -m "moving to TAG_VERSION $(TAG)"                   $(SETTARG_VSRC)  \
+                                                                                $(CONF_PY)  \
+                                                                            $(VERSION_SRC); \
 	    git tag -a $(TAG) -m 'Setting TAG_VERSION to $(TAG)'                          ; \
 	    branchName=`git status | head -n 1 | sed 's/^[# ]*On branch //g'`             ; \
 	    git push        origin $$branchName                                           ; \
diff --git a/README.new b/README.new
index 519ed6668..c5f6db4c4 100644
--- a/README.new
+++ b/README.new
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ Lmod 8.7+
             * Issue #593: In DirTree.lua l_versionFile(), Now only evaluate the highest priority
               entry in defaultA, instead of all.  This avoids the issue where there is a .modulerc.lua
               which works and a .modulerc or .version file which has syntax errors.
-              
-              
+   (8.7.9)  * Correctly generate Version.lua file when installing from a tar ball.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/source/260_sh_to_modulefile.rst b/docs/source/260_sh_to_modulefile.rst
index b5e465e59..c86775276 100644
--- a/docs/source/260_sh_to_modulefile.rst
+++ b/docs/source/260_sh_to_modulefile.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,34 @@ Lmod assumes that these scripts **DO NOT** have module commands or
 change $MODULEPATH.
 
 
+Shell script are evaluated with set -e
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Shell scripts are evaluated by sh_to_modulefile and the source_sh()
+function with set -e in bash or equivalently in
+other shells.  This means that execution of the shell script stops at
+the first time a statement in the script has a non-zero status.
+Turning this option on means that Lmod can know that the evaluation of
+the shell script has an issue.  But this also means that sometimes a
+script would work fine without using "set -e".
+
+Assuming the script is a bash script, please do the following::
+
+   $ set -exv ; . ./my_script
+
+This should tell you where the issue was found.  Note that the error
+may be in another script sourced by "my_script". In particular, you
+might have a silent error.  For example, a bash script might have a
+line::
+
+   unalias some_alias_name 2> /dev/null
+
+where "some_alias_name" is not currently an alias. This unalias statement
+returns a non-zero status but is silent because of the redirection of
+stderr to /dev/null.  One fix might be::
+
+   unalias some_alias_name 2> /dev/null || true
+
 
 Calling the shell script directly inside a modulefile
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index b699e3cb7..d9109e4d7 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '8.7'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '8.7.8'
+release = '8.7.9'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -340,6 +340,12 @@
 
 
 
+
+
+
+
+
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/messageDir/en.lua b/messageDir/en.lua
index 0cfa0f9ed..e8fe6d0b0 100644
--- a/messageDir/en.lua
+++ b/messageDir/en.lua
@@ -175,7 +175,11 @@ Alternatively, you can set the environment variable LMOD_DISABLE_SAME_NAME_AUTOS
    $ module spider %{sn}
 
 for available versions.]==],
-     e_Sh_Error            = "Error in script \"%{script}\": %{errorMsg}",
+     e_Sh_Error            = [==[Error found in sourcing script "%{script}": %{errorMsg}
+If this is a bash script please try:
+  $ set -exv; . %{script}
+See https://lmod.readthedocs.io/en/latest/260_sh_to_modulefile.html for details.
+]==],
      e_Sh_convertSh2MF     = "convertSh2MF script failed to produce 7 blocks\n",
      e_Spdr_Timeout        = "Spider search timed out.\n",
      e_Swap_Failed         = "Swap failed: \"%{name}\" is not loaded.\n",
diff --git a/rt/sh_to_modulefile/err.txt b/rt/sh_to_modulefile/err.txt
index a06a46d5d..2f00b0a1b 100644
--- a/rt/sh_to_modulefile/err.txt
+++ b/rt/sh_to_modulefile/err.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 step 1
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing --version
 ===========================
-Modules based on Lua: Version 8.6.16  2022-03-22 14:19 -05:00
+Modules based on Lua: Version 8.7.9  2022-07-25 12:46 -05:00
     by Robert McLay mclay@tacc.utexas.edu
 ===========================
 step 2
@@ -24,10 +24,21 @@ buildSh2MF --from csh ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/cshScript.csh
 step 6
 buildSh2MF ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh
 ===========================
-Error in script "ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh":
+Error found in sourcing script "ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh":
 ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh: line 3: fooBar: command not found
+If this is a bash script please try:
+  $ set -exv; . ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh
+See https://lmod.readthedocs.io/en/latest/260_sh_to_modulefile.html for details.
 ===========================
 step 7
+buildSh2MF ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/unalias.sh
+===========================
+Error found in sourcing script "ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/unalias.sh":
+If this is a bash script please try:
+  $ set -exv; . ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/unalias.sh
+See https://lmod.readthedocs.io/en/latest/260_sh_to_modulefile.html for details.
+===========================
+step 8
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing show wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
    ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf/wrapperSh/1.0.lua:
@@ -66,11 +77,11 @@ setenv("MY_NAME","unknown")
  source_sh("bash","ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/second.sh arg1")
 setenv("SECOND","FOO_BAR")
 ===========================
-step 8
+step 9
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing load wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
 ===========================
-step 9
+step 10
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing show wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
    ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf/wrapperSh/1.0.lua:
@@ -109,17 +120,17 @@ setenv("MY_NAME","tstScript.sh")
  source_sh("bash","ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/second.sh arg1")
 setenv("SECOND","FOO_BAR")
 ===========================
-step 10
+step 11
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing refresh
 ===========================
 ===========================
-step 11
+step 12
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing list
 ===========================
 Currently Loaded Modules:
   1) wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
-step 12
+step 13
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing --mt
 ===========================
 _ModuleTable_ = {
@@ -173,34 +184,37 @@ _ModuleTable_ = {
   systemBaseMPATH = "ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",
 }
 ===========================
-step 13
+step 14
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing unload wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
 ===========================
-step 14
+step 15
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing load brokenSh/1.0
 ===========================
-Lmod has detected the following error: Error in script "ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh":
+Lmod has detected the following error: Error found in sourcing script "ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh":
 ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh: line 3: fooBar: command not found
+If this is a bash script please try:
+  $ set -exv; . ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh
+See https://lmod.readthedocs.io/en/latest/260_sh_to_modulefile.html for details.
 While processing the following module(s):
     Module fullname  Module Filename
     brokenSh/1.0     ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf/brokenSh/1.0.lua
 ===========================
-step 15
+step 16
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing load wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
 ===========================
-step 16
+step 17
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing save
 ===========================
 Saved current collection of modules to: "default"
 ===========================
-step 17
+step 18
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing restore
 ===========================
 Restoring modules from user's default
 ===========================
-step 18
+step 19
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing --mt
 ===========================
 _ModuleTable_ = {
@@ -254,11 +268,11 @@ _ModuleTable_ = {
   systemBaseMPATH = "ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",
 }
 ===========================
-step 19
+step 20
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing load A
 ===========================
 ===========================
-step 20
+step 21
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing list
 ===========================
 Currently Loaded Modules:
diff --git a/rt/sh_to_modulefile/out.txt b/rt/sh_to_modulefile/out.txt
index 7b30513dd..a8a5e49db 100644
--- a/rt/sh_to_modulefile/out.txt
+++ b/rt/sh_to_modulefile/out.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ buildSh2MF ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/broken.sh
 ===========================
 ===========================
 step 7
+buildSh2MF ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/unalias.sh
+===========================
+===========================
+step 8
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing show wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
 __LMOD_REF_COUNT_MODULEPATH=ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf:1;
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ export MODULEPATH;
 _ModuleTable_='_ModuleTable_={MTversion=3,depthT={},family={},mT={},mpathA={"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",},systemBaseMPATH="ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",}';
 export _ModuleTable_;
 ===========================
-step 8
+step 9
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing load wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
 LOADEDMODULES=wrapperSh/1.0;
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@ save_args () {
 };
 [[ -n "${BASH_VERSION:-}" ]] && complete -F _xyz123 xyz123;
 ===========================
-step 9
+step 10
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing show wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
 MODULEPATH=ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf;
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ export MODULEPATH;
 _ModuleTable_='_ModuleTable_={MTversion=3,depthT={},family={},mT={wrapperSh={fn="ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf/wrapperSh/1.0.lua",fullName="wrapperSh/1.0",loadOrder=1,mcmdT={["ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/second.sh arg1"]={"setenv(\"SECOND\",\"FOO_BAR\")",},["ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/tstScript.sh"]={"setenv(\"MY_NAME\",\"tstScript.sh\")","prepend_path(\"PATH\",\"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/bin\")","append_path(\"PATH\",\"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/sbin\")","setenv(\"TST_SCRIPT\",\"1\")","set_alias(\"fooAlias\",\"foobin -q -l\")",[[set_shell_function("banner"," \\ local str=\\"$1\\";\\ local RED='\\033[1;31m';\\ local NONE='\\033[0m';\\ echo \\"${RED}${str}${NONE}\\"\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("fooFunc"," \\ echo \\"arg1: $1\\"\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("junk"," \\ if [ -n \\"${ZSH_VERSION:-}\\" ]; then\\ \\\\echo \\"junk\\";\\ fi\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("my_help"," \\ echo \\"do not forget \\\\\\"foo\\\\\\"\\"\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("save_args"," \\ for arg in \\"$@\\";\\ do\\ printf \\"%s\\\\n\\" \\"$arg\\" | sed -e \\"s/'/'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\''/g\\" -e \\"1s/^/'/\\" -e \\"\\\\$s/\\\\$/' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/\\";\\ done;\\ echo \\" \\"\\","")]],"complete(\"bash\",\"XyZ123\",\"-F _xyz123\")",},},propT={},stackDepth=0,status="active",userName="wrapperSh/1.0",wV="000000001.*zfinal",},},mpathA={"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",},systemBaseMPATH="ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",}';
 export _ModuleTable_;
 ===========================
-step 10
+step 11
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing refresh
 ===========================
 MODULEPATH=ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf;
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ save_args () {
 };
 [[ -n "${BASH_VERSION:-}" ]] && complete -F _xyz123 xyz123;
 ===========================
-step 11
+step 12
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing list
 ===========================
 MODULEPATH=ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf;
@@ -210,11 +214,11 @@ export MODULEPATH;
 _ModuleTable_='_ModuleTable_={MTversion=3,depthT={},family={},mT={wrapperSh={fn="ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf/wrapperSh/1.0.lua",fullName="wrapperSh/1.0",loadOrder=1,mcmdT={["ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/second.sh arg1"]={"setenv(\"SECOND\",\"FOO_BAR\")",},["ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/tstScript.sh"]={"setenv(\"MY_NAME\",\"tstScript.sh\")","prepend_path(\"PATH\",\"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/bin\")","append_path(\"PATH\",\"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/sbin\")","setenv(\"TST_SCRIPT\",\"1\")","set_alias(\"fooAlias\",\"foobin -q -l\")",[[set_shell_function("banner"," \\ local str=\\"$1\\";\\ local RED='\\033[1;31m';\\ local NONE='\\033[0m';\\ echo \\"${RED}${str}${NONE}\\"\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("fooFunc"," \\ echo \\"arg1: $1\\"\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("junk"," \\ if [ -n \\"${ZSH_VERSION:-}\\" ]; then\\ \\\\echo \\"junk\\";\\ fi\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("my_help"," \\ echo \\"do not forget \\\\\\"foo\\\\\\"\\"\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("save_args"," \\ for arg in \\"$@\\";\\ do\\ printf \\"%s\\\\n\\" \\"$arg\\" | sed -e \\"s/'/'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\''/g\\" -e \\"1s/^/'/\\" -e \\"\\\\$s/\\\\$/' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/\\";\\ done;\\ echo \\" \\"\\","")]],"complete(\"bash\",\"XyZ123\",\"-F _xyz123\")",},},propT={},stackDepth=0,status="active",userName="wrapperSh/1.0",wV="000000001.*zfinal",},},mpathA={"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",},systemBaseMPATH="ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",}';
 export _ModuleTable_;
 ===========================
-step 12
+step 13
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing --mt
 ===========================
 ===========================
-step 13
+step 14
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing unload wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
 unset LOADEDMODULES;
@@ -238,12 +242,12 @@ unset -f my_help 2> /dev/null || true;
 unset -f save_args 2> /dev/null || true;
 [[ -n "${BASH_VERSION:-}" ]] && complete -r xyz123;
 ===========================
-step 14
+step 15
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing load brokenSh/1.0
 ===========================
 false
 ===========================
-step 15
+step 16
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing load wrapperSh/1.0
 ===========================
 LOADEDMODULES=wrapperSh/1.0;
@@ -291,7 +295,7 @@ save_args () {
 };
 [[ -n "${BASH_VERSION:-}" ]] && complete -F _xyz123 xyz123;
 ===========================
-step 16
+step 17
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing save
 ===========================
 MODULEPATH=ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf;
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ export MODULEPATH;
 _ModuleTable_='_ModuleTable_={MTversion=3,depthT={},family={},mT={wrapperSh={fn="ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf/wrapperSh/1.0.lua",fullName="wrapperSh/1.0",loadOrder=1,mcmdT={["ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/second.sh arg1"]={"setenv(\"SECOND\",\"FOO_BAR\")",},["ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/tstScript.sh"]={"setenv(\"MY_NAME\",\"tstScript.sh\")","prepend_path(\"PATH\",\"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/bin\")","append_path(\"PATH\",\"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/sbin\")","setenv(\"TST_SCRIPT\",\"1\")","set_alias(\"fooAlias\",\"foobin -q -l\")",[[set_shell_function("banner"," \\ local str=\\"$1\\";\\ local RED='\\033[1;31m';\\ local NONE='\\033[0m';\\ echo \\"${RED}${str}${NONE}\\"\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("fooFunc"," \\ echo \\"arg1: $1\\"\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("junk"," \\ if [ -n \\"${ZSH_VERSION:-}\\" ]; then\\ \\\\echo \\"junk\\";\\ fi\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("my_help"," \\ echo \\"do not forget \\\\\\"foo\\\\\\"\\"\\","")]],[[set_shell_function("save_args"," \\ for arg in \\"$@\\";\\ do\\ printf \\"%s\\\\n\\" \\"$arg\\" | sed -e \\"s/'/'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\''/g\\" -e \\"1s/^/'/\\" -e \\"\\\\$s/\\\\$/' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/\\";\\ done;\\ echo \\" \\"\\","")]],"complete(\"bash\",\"XyZ123\",\"-F _xyz123\")",},},propT={},stackDepth=0,status="active",userName="wrapperSh/1.0",wV="000000001.*zfinal",},},mpathA={"ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",},systemBaseMPATH="ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf",}';
 export _ModuleTable_;
 ===========================
-step 17
+step 18
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing restore
 ===========================
 MODULEPATH=ProjectDIR/rt/sh_to_modulefile/mf;
@@ -343,11 +347,11 @@ save_args () {
 };
 [[ -n "${BASH_VERSION:-}" ]] && complete -F _xyz123 xyz123;
 ===========================
-step 18
+step 19
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing --mt
 ===========================
 ===========================
-step 19
+step 20
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing load A
 ===========================
 LOADEDMODULES=A/1.0;
@@ -391,7 +395,7 @@ save_args () {
 };
 [[ -n "${BASH_VERSION:-}" ]] && complete -F _xyz123 xyz123;
 ===========================
-step 20
+step 21
 lua ProjectDIR/src/lmod.in.lua bash --regression_testing list
 ===========================
 MODULEPATH=OutputDIR/mf;
diff --git a/rt/sh_to_modulefile/sh_to_modulefile.tdesc b/rt/sh_to_modulefile/sh_to_modulefile.tdesc
index b68b0b860..3af32a631 100644
--- a/rt/sh_to_modulefile/sh_to_modulefile.tdesc
+++ b/rt/sh_to_modulefile/sh_to_modulefile.tdesc
@@ -29,18 +29,19 @@ testdescript = {
      runSh2MF             $(testDir)/path_both_ends.sh # 4        
      runSh2MF  --from csh $(testDir)/cshScript.csh     # 5
      runSh2MF             $(testDir)/broken.sh         # 6
-     runLmod  show wrapperSh/1.0                       # 7
-     runLmod  load wrapperSh/1.0                       # 8
-     runLmod  show wrapperSh/1.0                       # 9
-     runLmod  refresh                                  #10
-     runLmod  list                                     #11
-     runLmod  --mt                                     #12
-     runLmod  unload wrapperSh/1.0                     #13
-     runLmod  load   brokenSh/1.0                      #14
-     runLmod  load   wrapperSh/1.0                     #15
-     runLmod  save                                     #16
-     runLmod  restore                                  #18
-     runLmod  --mt                                     #19
+     runSh2MF             $(testDir)/unalias.sh        # 7 
+     runLmod  show wrapperSh/1.0                       # 8
+     runLmod  load wrapperSh/1.0                       # 9
+     runLmod  show wrapperSh/1.0                       #10
+     runLmod  refresh                                  #11
+     runLmod  list                                     #12
+     runLmod  --mt                                     #13
+     runLmod  unload wrapperSh/1.0                     #14
+     runLmod  load   brokenSh/1.0                      #15
+     runLmod  load   wrapperSh/1.0                     #16
+     runLmod  save                                     #18
+     runLmod  restore                                  #19
+     runLmod  --mt                                     #20
 
      unsetMT
 
diff --git a/rt/sh_to_modulefile/unalias.sh b/rt/sh_to_modulefile/unalias.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5993b3707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rt/sh_to_modulefile/unalias.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- shell-script -*-
+unalias foo_bar_baz 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/settarg/Version.lua b/settarg/Version.lua
index cb5a84f0b..e02b1c7ee 100644
--- a/settarg/Version.lua
+++ b/settarg/Version.lua
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
---module('Version')
 local M={}
-function M.tag()  return "6.6"   end
+function M.tag()  return "8.7.9"   end
 function M.git()
    local s = "@git@"
-   if (s == "@" .. "git@")     then s = "" end
-   if (s == "("..M.tag()..")") then s = "" end
-   return s
+   if (s == "@" .. "git@") then s = "" end
+   if (s == M.tag()      ) then s = "" end
+   return s == "" and s or "("..s..")"
 end
-function M.date() return "2016-10-13 13:28 -05:00" end
+function M.date() return "2022-07-25 12:46 -05:00" end
 function M.name()
   local a = {}
   a[#a+1] = M.tag()
diff --git a/spec/DirTree/DirTree_spec.lua b/spec/DirTree/DirTree_spec.lua
index d68a31036..77efd6b1c 100644
--- a/spec/DirTree/DirTree_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/DirTree/DirTree_spec.lua
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe("Testing DirTree Class: #DirTree.",
                                              ["fn"] = "%ProjDir%/spec/DirTree/mf/bio/bowtie/.version",
                                              ["fullName"] = "bio/bowtie/.version",
                                              ["mpath"] = "%ProjDir%/spec/DirTree/mf",
-                                             ["value"] = "64",
+                                             ["value"] = false,
                                           },
                                        },
                                        defaultT = {
diff --git a/src/Version.lua b/src/Version.lua
index aaa7a1928..e02b1c7ee 100644
--- a/src/Version.lua
+++ b/src/Version.lua
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 local M={}
-function M.tag()  return "8.7.8"   end
+function M.tag()  return "8.7.9"   end
 function M.git()
    local s = "@git@"
-   if (s == "@" .. "git@")     then s = "" end
-   if (s == "("..M.tag()..")") then s = "" end
-   return s
+   if (s == "@" .. "git@") then s = "" end
+   if (s == M.tag()      ) then s = "" end
+   return s == "" and s or "("..s..")"
 end
-function M.date() return "2022-07-20 07:58 -05:00" end
+function M.date() return "2022-07-25 12:46 -05:00" end
 function M.name()
   local a = {}
   a[#a+1] = M.tag()