Re: Including file version during checkout

[Mike Ayers]

Frederic Brehm wrote:
> I don't remember many unhappy comments about $Rev$ or its cousins $Id$ 
> and $Name$. There are many reasons to avoid $Log$, though.

	Ever archive a Perl script that used variables with the (not exactly 
unusual) variable names $Rev, $Name, or $Log?  I'd like to see the 
whole auto-substitution thing thrown out, myself.

	For the OP, I would recommend writing a script which runs `cvs log` 
on each file in the build, strips out the desired information, and 
formats it appropriately (e.g. a C source file which defines a 
structure of file information and the single instance of that 
structure).  This avoids having auto-expand keywords in a source file.

	Oh, and if you write a Perl script, don't store the filename in 
variable $Name, or every file will have the same name as the script!


/|/|ike