Re: Does GIT has vc keywords like CVS/Subversion?

From: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date: Oct 9, 2006, 02:59 UTC
Message-ID: <20061009025905.GM20017@pasky.or.cz>
In-Reply-To: <4529B77A.707@gmail.com>

Dear diary, on Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 04:44:10AM CEST, I got a letter where Liu Yubao <yubao.liu@gmail.com> said that...

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> Dongsheng Song wrote:
> >I want to know whether there is a plan to add this feature, or GIT
> >doesn't require it at all.
> >
> >Keywords like LastChangedDate, LastChangedRevision, LastChangedBy, Id
> >are useful for version control.
> >
> I almost mistake I sent my last question twice:-), maybe we need more FAQs
> like this:
> Q: Does GIT [some feature] like [some vcs] ?
> A: No. Because ...

I have added direct link to FAQ in the Git wiki to the Git homepage header - http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq. It's a wiki, so feel free to add more q/a there.

> IMHO, I don't think keyword substitution is a good idea, as it will confuse
> the external diff/merge tools.

There can be valid usage scenarios for keyword substitution but I tend to agree that it usually is not necessary to have it (and projects tend to use it just "because we can", which is of course their right). Also, implementing it in Git poses some challenges and has some ugly implications (like actually having to start to worry about binary files).

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