Re: Cleaning up CVS tags from code

Dalibor Topic <[email protected]> writes:

> >>>Would you accept a patch that removes those tags ($Id, $Date, etc.) from 
> >>>the sources?
> >>
> >>I see no objection but I prefer to be seconded before applying it (so
> >>maybe wait an other '+1' before doing it ;))
> > 
> > 
> > No, don't do that please. We use them to keep track of stuff.
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply.
> 
> Could you elaborate on that? I've never used those tags myself, so I'm 
> wondering what further information they could provide that CVS doesn't.

It just means it's recorded in the file so if we move the file from
that CVS to another one it keeps at least that information.

I'm suprised you haven't used the tags. They're quite common.


Nic