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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Newbie - don't quite understand tagging method
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Robert Anderson |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Newbie - don't quite understand tagging method |
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003 11:46:33 -0500 |
--- Original Message ---
From: Alan Chandler <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Newbie - don't quite understand
tagging method
>On Wednesday 26 November 2003 23:56, Robert Anderson wrote:
>...
>> It is
>> usually better to add inline taglines directly into your source
>> files when possible.
>
>The only place I can find reference to this is inside the file
>"=tagging-method" in the {arch} directory. It uses the notation
>
>"<PUNCT> arch-tag: <STRING>"
>
>What precisely does <PUNCH> mean?
<PUNCT> (not <PUNCH>) means punctuation. Typically a comment
indicator.
I assume not the literal characters, but
>rather some set of punctuation marks?
Yeah, just a comment marker.
>What terminates the string? a newline?
Potentially. I don't think it has to have one. I'm not sure
either way.
>The text mentions "near" the top or bottom of the file - how near?
Some number of bytes. Just make it the last line in the file.
A pretty good template is:
echo "# arch-tag: `uuidgen`" >> file.sh
etc.
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Newbie - don't quite understand tagging method, Robert Anderson, 2003/11/27