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

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@eudaptics.com>
Date
May 14, 2007, 14:19 UTC
Message-ID
<46486FE6.16A82D9A@eudaptics.com>
In-Reply-To
<200705141437.25528.andyparkins@gmail.com>
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...

-- Hannes
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  1. Allow the ident attribute to include a length specifierAndy Parkins, May 14, 2007
  2. Andy ParkinsMay 14, 2007
  3. Use $Id$ as the ident attribute keyword rather than $ident$ to be consistent with other VCSsAndy Parkins, May 14, 2007
  4. Johannes SixtMay 14, 2007
  5. Andy ParkinsMay 14, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2007
  7. Andy ParkinsMay 14, 2007
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  9. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2007
  10. Andy ParkinsMay 15, 2007
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  12. Andy ParkinsMay 15, 2007
  13. Andy ParkinsMay 17, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2007

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