On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Daniel Becroft <djcbecr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Alex Vincent <ajvinc...@gmail.com> 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 too specific for a copyright. As an alternate, perhaps a special >> formatting keyword for dates could be established: $Date(YYYY)$, for >> example. > > AFAIK, the $Date keyword works off the last time the particular file was > updated. Are you expecting this new $Year$ value to always be current (ie > 2011), or only reflect the year in which the file was last modified (ie > 2009)?
IANAL and slightly OT, but... are you legally allowed to update the copyright date without making a copyrightable modification of the file? If not; no tool can help you. /$
