Re: [PATCH] Use $Id$ as the ident attribute keyword rather than $ident$ to be consistent with other VCSs

> Andy Parkins wrote:
> > I think that bzr uses $Id$; Mercurial has examples hooks for $Id$;
> > monotone has $Id$ on its wishlist.  I can't think of a good reason not
> > to stick with the de-facto standard and call ours $Id$ instead of
> > $ident$.
>
> I very much agree. I wondered why it was named $ident$ in the first
> place. Now that I'm not alone, I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in...