> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Daniel Becroft
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Alex Vincent
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm currently in the process of updating copyright notices where
> I work.
> >> To me, this is an ideal place for a SVN keyword:
> >>
> >> Copyright 2008-$Year$ MyCompa
There are plenty of templating and text replacement programs around. Why
not use one of them?
IMO, it's feature bloat to try to make svn do everything possible for every
person.
Do you really want a Copyright notice that reads "Copyright 2008-$Year: 2011
$ FooBar Inc"? I doubt it.
$ echo "Copy
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Daniel Becroft wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Alex Vincent wrote:
>>
>> I'm currently in the process of updating copyright notices where I work.
>> To me, this is an ideal place for a SVN keyword:
>>
>> Copyright 2008-$Year$ MyCompany
>>
>> The SVN key
Semantically, that's a good question: does the keyword apply to a checkout
or a checkin?
I would personally expect the last checkin year. This reflects when the
file was last updated, which is what really matters in copyrights, as I
understand them. (IANAL, though.)
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:02
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Alex Vincent wrote:
> I'm currently in the process of updating copyright notices where I work.
> To me, this is an ideal place for a SVN keyword:
>
> Copyright 2008-$Year$ MyCompany
>
> The SVN keywords listed in the online documentation list Date, but it's far
>
