Should we use SVN keyword expansion? (was Re: [xwiki-dev] [Proposal] Subversion configuration)

[Phung Nam]

 Also I don't really understand how this works, but I'll do it if it is
necessary for us :-)

On 3/12/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
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> On Mar 11, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
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> I don't really understand how this works. If on checkout $version $ is
> expanded, what gets commited back? $version $ or the actual number?
>
>
> @version $Id: $
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> i.e. no expansion
>
> -Vincent
>
> On 3/11/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
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> >
> > On Mar 10, 2007, at 12:52 AM, Artem Melentyev wrote:
> >
> > > For what purpose we need svn:keywords="Author Date Id Revision"
> > > properties?:
> >
> > To expand svn keywords in source files (especially the "@version $Id:
> > $" part). Why do we need this?
> >
> > To be honest I'm not sure. I've always done and never questioned it
> > so I guess now is the right time to do so... :)
> >
> > Pros I can think of:
> > - it allows us to distribute sources and if someone modifies it we
> > can know what version of the source they're using
> >
> > Cons I can think of:
> > - more work, developers need to have keyword expansion set in their
> > subversion config file (although we would need subversion config
> > anyway for eol, mimetypes, etc)
> > - for developers, duplicates the information in SVN. It's mostly
> > possibly interesting for users and even then it's not sure
> >
> > Note: in Svn the files are stored in the repo without the expansion;
> > it's only on checkout that the expansion happens.
> >
> > Thus after more thought, I'm more tempted to say we don't need them
> > and that we should remove all the @version I've added here and then
> > (I'll do it of course should we agree to not use keyword expansion).
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Vincent
> >
> >
>
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