[cvsnt] Re: Renaming files with 'cvs rename' and keyword expansion

Tony Hoyle tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Tue Apr 18 16:15:57 BST 2006


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David Planella wrote:

> 1.- Is this normal behaviour?

Yes.

> 2.- If so, is there a workaround for this (i.e. is it possible to get
> keyword expansion to work with the new name after renaming)?

Probably not.  2.6 handles these things completely differently though so 
it might be possible to work something out eventually.

$Id$ always contains the name of the RCS file.. it just happens that in 
the past it's been the same as the name of the file itself - that's no 
longer true, so some new keywords are probably needed.

Tony



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