Re: RCS keyword expansion

Hi!

That might be, but it only needs to be done when a file is updated.

I can see that favouring the argument that having a $Id$ that gives me the global state id when the file was last updated is a bad idea. Fair enough. Give me a local state tham (which you did, hash id for the file contents).

My problem now is the file date. That could possibly be fixed by having it updated before I check in the file.

So, to summarize, if I've understood the responses here correctly, what I really want is:

 on commit:
  - replace "$Date$" (or whatever) with the current time.
  - store the contents.

 on checkout:
  - update the file.
  - replace "$Id$" (ditto) with a magic identifier for the file state.
  - update git's state so that it doesn't see the "$Id$" expansion
    as a change in the file contents.

Now the question is: Where can I find documentation on how to do this (i.e what should I search for--"hooks"?)?

And, if this goes into the ".git" directory, can I still have it replicated when I clone a repository? I noticed that my ".git/ignore" file wasn't replicated and that I had to replace it with a local ".gitignore" to get it under version control.