On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 3:54 AM, René J. V. Bertin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Re: $Id$ headers: I found them quite useful as a quick an unambiguous way > to > compare file versions chronologically. Isn't there a way to bring this > back with > a pre-commit hook and possibly `git interpret-trailers`? > The problem with these headers is they force VC to do a lot more work to determine when two files are "the same". It's not just a matter of convenience; if you do not either hook into git's diff mechanism or be *extremely* careful with your file management, you will break git by emulating $Id$ behavior. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
