Enabling Keyword Expansion
I agree - "workaround" always carries a "POOR substitute" connotation for me.You can be sure we'll be pointing to threads like this one, when we're considering which features should be added and/or...
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I also agree that atomic changesets and multiple checkout support is more critical than keyword expansion. In fact, I don't consider keyword expansion critical at all, but it is a dissatisfier. When...
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I was speaking to the history keyword because that's what the other poster expressed interest in - and specifically in the context of moving to a different source control system. Remember, as long as...
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FWIW, here's how we solve the version problem:version info is stored in a file, say "version.h", that's part of the division-wide common includes stored in <branchroot>\commonstuff\*version.h is...
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I have to disagree with this statement, because this statement only seems to be considering the history keyword. There are other keywords that have some value, such as the version keyword.For unix...
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I agree it's critical to some teams - but only those who really can't trust the system itself to provide the history. In any sort of controlled migration, you can extract such history (either directly...
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Not having keyword expansion in a version control system is kind of like selling a car without tires: it's a pretty critical feature, especially for teams not willing to trust that the particular...
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Keyword expansion was planned, but unfortunately ended up being cut for v1. I know people want it, and there's some fun challenges around doing it right in a system that allows renames, shelvesets, and...
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I can't find how to enable keyword expansion in source files (for example, expand the $History:$ keyword to include the check-in comments). Am I missing something?
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