Re: [patch #4573] Fix for keyword expansion problem/mis-feature during commit

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Derek Robert Price <savannah-bounces@gnu.org> writes:

> 
> Follow-up Comment #12, patch #4573 (project cvs):
> 
> This isn't what I meant to suggest. I meant to suggest that your
> original patch be thrown away in favor of a patch that implemented:
> 
>     DefaultKeywordMode=ko
> 
> This would cause the server to continue convert EOLs but not keywords
> by default for newly added files, which avoids the "bug" you pointed
> out by disabling keyword processing.

For the FEATURE branch, if you add a CVSROOT/config line like this:

KeywordExpand=i

it will tell CVS to avoid expanding any keywords not in the list that
follows the 'i' character on the KeywordExpand CVSROOT/config line.
No need to go into -kkv versus -ko modes at all.
 
> Of course, I'd be all for removing RCS keyword support from CVS
> entirely, but I'll probably get a lot of flak for saying that. :)

Well, I suspect that would just cause another fork of the CVS sources...
sort of the same problem I get when I tell folks I would really like to
see :pserver: support removed. :-)

        Enjoy!
        -- Mark
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