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Re: Diffs from CVS keyword expansion

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Dec 6, 2006, 10:08 UTC
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>>>>> "Uwe" == Uwe Kleine-Koenig <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> writes:

Uwe> One thing I don't like about both scripts is, that the timestamp of Uwe> a file changes with that, even if there are no changes. Anyone knows Uwe> another predefined variable/trick that doesn't hurt performance (and Uwe> readability) too much?

You have to do two passes, or a pass-and-a-half, and do the rename/rewrite based on whether anything changed.

"Just a few more lines of code." :) If it's really important, I can be coaxed to dig it up.

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Message 9 of 11 in “Diffs from CVS keyword expansion”
  1. Jon SmirlDec 1, 2006
  2. Juergen RuehleDec 1, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsDec 1, 2006
  4. Jon SmirlDec 1, 2006
  5. Uwe Kleine-KoenigDec 5, 2006
  6. Randal L. SchwartzDec 5, 2006
  7. Johannes SchindelinDec 5, 2006
  8. Uwe Kleine-KoenigDec 6, 2006
  9. Randal L. SchwartzDec 6, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2006
  11. Robin RosenbergDec 5, 2006

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