From: Liu Yubao <yubao.liu@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:44:10 GMT
Subject: Re: Does GIT has vc keywords like CVS/Subversion?
Message-ID: <4529B77A.707@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4b3406f0610081825y1d066579yba305b6540c8d0e9@mail.gmail.com>

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 ...

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