On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 6:27 PM Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 09:09:25PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On 19.12.22 19:33, Robert Haas wrote: > > >On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 1:03 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > >>Vik Fearing <v...@postgresfriends.org> writes: > > >>>Perhaps a bit off-topic, but what is the point of the file identifiers? > > >> > > >>IMO, it helps to tell things apart when you've got a bunch of editor > > >>windows open on some mighty samey-looking meson.build files. > > > > > >On the other hand, maintaining those identification lines in all of > > >our files has a pretty high distributed cost. I never use them to > > >figure out what file I'm editing because my editor can tell me that. > > >But I do have to keep fixing those lines as I create new files. It's > > >not the most annoying thing ever, but I wouldn't mind a bit if I > > >didn't have to do it any more. > > > > I agree it's not very useful and a bit annoying. > > Agreed. To me, it's just one more thing to get wrong.
+1 We're just cargo-culting the old CVS $Id$ tags.