On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 06:39:34PM +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: > Keyword expansions are generally bad because SCM tools should track > _content_ - and keyword expansions _modify_ it to add metadata that is > somewhat redundant, obtainable in other ways, and should just not be in > the middle of the _data_. Those modifications lead to patches that have > bogus hunks and sometimes don't apply, MD5/SHA1 checksums that don't > match and a whole lot of uncertainty.
Then how do you tell what version a file is if it's outside of a checkout? -- Jim Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
