Re: Something like $Id$, $Revision$ or $Date$?

From: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@tlen.pl>
Date: Nov 10, 2008, 20:00 UTC
Message-ID: <871vxjl5af.fsf@erwin.mina86.com>
In-Reply-To: <200811101903.27685.jnareb@gmail.com>

Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

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> Dnia poniedziałek 10. listopada 2008 18:38, Michal Nazarewicz napisał:
>> Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > The reason why git doesn't support keywords like $Revision$ or $Date$
>> > is performance: the $Revision$ and $Date$ are keywords related to
>> > _commit_ data, not blob data. 
>> 
>> In my case identifying content not commit would be even better.
>
> Well, in that case using `ident` attribute would be enough
> (but cryptic).

Yes, but it forces me to do some voodoo magic (ie. checkout) to get the Id in the file, ;) like so:

#v+
$ echo '$Id$' >bar && git add bar && git commit -m 'Added bar' && cat bar
Created commit d49d436: Added bar
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 bar
$Id$
$ rm bar && git checkout bar && cat bar
$Id: 055c8729cdcc372500a08db659c045e16c4409fb $
#v-

But never mind, since it seems hard to accomplish in git, I'll have to learn to live without it. ;)

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