On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:38:36 +0200
Ladislav Slezak <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dne 12.7.2012 10:38, Togan Muftuoglu napsal(a):
> > Just an idea but would't using
> > <https://github.com/kimmormh/git-rcs-keywords> help to keep the
> > keywords
> 
> Oh, thanks for the link, looks interesting.
> 
> But the description contains this:
> 
>   "The mechanism used are filters.  The smudge filter is run on
> checkout, and the clean filter is run on commit.  The tags are only
> expanded on the local disk, not in the repository itself."
> 
> We would have to globally agree on using it or not. I mean this could
> cause unnecessary changes when submitting created tarballs to OBS.
> 
> Imagine developer A, who doesn't use keyword expansion, submits a
> package to OBS, developer B uses keyword expansion and submits a
> bugfix to OBS. The result is that the diff A->B contains expansions
> and might be much longer than necessary.
> 
> This might be problematic when doing review for a maintenance release
> (online update) in OBS.
> 
> 
> For this reason I'd rather not use keywords at all, they can create a
> mess very easily and the advantage is negligible (if any).
> 
> Any (other) opinions?
> 
> 

I agree with riding of keywords. I found it annoying even in svn. If we
use tags, I see no reason to use keywords in files.

Josef

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