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Posted to dev@commons.apache.org by Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com> on 2009/02/05 16:19:17 UTC
[all] Use of svn keywords in source files
Hi,
Is there a particular reason why we use svn keywords like $Id$? I've
personally never found them very useful (the version number in a jar
file is much more informative), and the keywords often confuse diff
and merge tools.
I'm relatively new here, so this probably has been discussed at length
before. Any pointers?
BR,
Jukka Zitting
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Re: [all] Use of svn keywords in source files
Posted by Siegfried Goeschl <si...@it20one.at>.
I guess they are a left-over from CVS
Siegfried Goeschl
Jukka Zitting wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a particular reason why we use svn keywords like $Id$? I've
> personally never found them very useful (the version number in a jar
> file is much more informative), and the keywords often confuse diff
> and merge tools.
>
> I'm relatively new here, so this probably has been discussed at length
> before. Any pointers?
>
> BR,
>
> Jukka Zitting
>
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Re: [all] Use of svn keywords in source files
Posted by Torsten Curdt <tc...@apache.org>.
I am no fan of them either. Never use them.
cheers
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Torsten
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 16:19, Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a particular reason why we use svn keywords like $Id$? I've
> personally never found them very useful (the version number in a jar
> file is much more informative), and the keywords often confuse diff
> and merge tools.
>
> I'm relatively new here, so this probably has been discussed at length
> before. Any pointers?
>
> BR,
>
> Jukka Zitting
>
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