minor fix to makefile

makefile

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LAST_VERSION := NULL
 PYTHON_VERSION := NULL
 .PHONY: gen-version-info
 gen-version-info:
-	$(eval VERSION := $(shell python -c "import re; print('v'+re.search(r'^version\s*=\s*\"(.+?)\"', open('$(PYPROJECT)').read(), re.MULTILINE).group(1))") )
+	$(eval VERSION := $(shell python -c "import re; print('v'+re.search(r'^version\s*=\s*\"(.+?)\"', open('$(PYPROJECT)').read(), re.MULTILINE).group(1))"))
 	$(eval LAST_VERSION := $(shell [ -f $(LAST_VERSION_FILE) ] && cat $(LAST_VERSION_FILE) || echo NULL) )
 	$(eval PYTHON_VERSION := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "import sys; print(f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}.{sys.version_info.micro}')") )
 
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ default: help
 .PHONY: version
 version: gen-commit-log
 	@echo "current and last-published version, commit log"
-	@echo "current-version: $(VERSION)"
-	@echo "last-published-version: $(LAST_VERSION)"
+	@echo "current-version: '$(VERSION)'"
+	@echo "last-published-version: '$(LAST_VERSION)'"
 	@echo "Commit log since last version:"
 	@cat $(COMMIT_LOG_FILE)
 	@if [ "$(VERSION)" = "$(LAST_VERSION)" ]; then \
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ publish: gen-commit-log check build verify-git version gen-version-info
 	@echo "Enter the new version number if you want to upload to pypi and create a new tag"
 	@read -p "Confirm: " NEW_VERSION; \
 	if [ "$$NEW_VERSION" != "$(VERSION)" ]; then \
+		echo "'$$NEW_VERSION' is not the same as '$(VERSION)', exiting!"; \
 		echo "Confirmation failed, exiting!"; \
 		exit 1; \
 	fi; \