I do this plus have a little script to strip the date before subversioning. It bothers me to check a schematic into svn, and the only thing that's changed on most pages is the date...
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Richard Webb <ax...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > I suspect that it's not a bug as such but that Kicad's understanding of > when to update the date isn't what you are expecting it to be. Or me, for > that matter... > > Regardless, what I do to supplement the date (which is probably intended to > be "date of this project" and not "date of this rev") is to include a > revision control system (RCS) identifier in one of the comment lines. That > way, the $Id$ field is both automatically updated and shows up in the title > block. > > The pure ASCII file format that Kicad uses throughout is a big plus for me, > since it does let me use standard versioning software and I can, if > necessary, go back to retrieve an earlier rev. > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com>, Robert > <birmingham_spi...@...> wrote: > > > > Thanks. I was getting close to resorting to that at one point :). I > > was just wondering if this is a bug (and a very old one at that), in > > which case I should log it in the bug tracker, or a feature I don't > > understand. Looks like it's probably a bug. > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert. > > > > Richard Webb wrote: > > > The .sch format is ASCII text with the title block items right up near > the top, so it's a quick edit to make if it doesn't update as or when > expected. > > > > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com>, > Robert <birmingham_spider@> wrote: > > >> I've just had my attention drawn to the fact that the date hadn't > > >> updated on one of my schematics after I made a few changes to > component > > >> values. I was thankful find a thread on this subject in the archive. > > >> I had already tried (unnecessarily) editing the sheet properties and > > >> saving the netlist before searching, but I would never have thought of > > > >> annotating to update the date. The Help just says "The date is > > >> automatically updated". > > >> > > >> I can understand why the date shouldn't just reflect when you last > saved > > >> the file, but surely it should update after any change. Am I missing > > >> something? > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> Robert. > > >> > > >
