From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:24:54 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add keyword unexpansion support to convert.c Message-ID: <7v3b2yofrt.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <200704171235.34793.andyparkins@gmail.com> Andy Parkins writes: > On Tuesday 2007 April 17 11:09, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> $ git checkout B >> >> should be immediate and instantaneous. > > Now - that's a much better argument. However, it's not > relevant, keywords (in other VCSs, and so why not in git) are > only updated when a file is checked out. It _is_ very much relevant. If you have the keyword in your svg drawing, and if branch A and branch B happen to have textually the same contents but the way they got there are different, I do not think not checking it out upon branch switching is correct. Otherwise your printed copy would have information from the version in branch A, even after switching to B.