From: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 10:50:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix mishandling of $Id$ expanded in the repository copy in convert.c
Message-ID: <200705271150.50147.andyparkins@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vveefiex4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Saturday 2007, May 26, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Wouldn't it be sufficient to:
>
>  (1) prepare a file with "$Id$", use ident in .gitattributes,
>      check it in and commit;
>
>  (2) remove it from the working tree, check it out with
>      "checkout -f";
>
>  (3) temorarily move away .gitattributes, modify the file, and
>      check it in;
>
>  (4) move .gitattributes back into its place, and commit.

I'm glad to have you confirm that.  I wasn't sure if git would do 
something clever and reading the .gitattributes from the same commit as 
the file for which is being checked out.

If the above would work, then even simpler:

 (1) Commit a file with $Id: blah blah blah $ in it.
 (2) Add a .gitattributes with ident
 (3) Check out.

Patch to follow.


Andy

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Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET
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