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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [newbie] Is it possible to put in a source file the
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Robert Collins |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [newbie] Is it possible to put in a source file the date of last tree commit? |
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Wed, 04 Feb 2004 10:03:20 +1100 |
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 10:00, Tom Lord wrote:
> > From: Robert Collins <address@hidden>
>
> > > I would like, when doing a commit, to automatically put the commit
> date
> > > and time in a source file of my project. I would like something like
> > > $Date$ tag of CVS, but for the commit of the whole tree and not for
> the
> > > file containing the $Date$ tag in CVS. In other words, the file
> > > containing the hypothetical $arch-date$ tag would be modified and
> > > updated at each commit.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to do that with GNU Arch? If yes, how?
>
> > No. The design to do so has been specced, but so far no one has
> > implemented it. It's ~ a day for a new-to-the-code programmer, 2-4 hours
> > for someone that knows it. Its (as cduffy says) arguably bad though,
> > because you'll introduce tree wide deltas to every commit, without any
> > gain:
>
>
> Um... and with actual (severe) lossage. People sometimes actually do
> merging, strangely enough.
>
> One could make in-file keyword-expansions tree-local: but with rather
> more work than you suggest and at signficant performance costs.
Oh yeah, $Date$ itself doesn't interest me at all. But one -could- do it
if needed.
Rob
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [newbie] Is it possible to put in a source file the date of last tree commit?, (continued)
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [newbie] Is it possible to put in a source file the date of last tree commit?, Robert Collins, 2004/02/03
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [newbie] Is it possible to put in a source file the date of last tree commit?, Tom Lord, 2004/02/03
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [newbie] Is it possible to put in a source file the date of last tree commit?, Jan Hudec, 2004/02/04