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[Kevin Reid]

On Jan 30, 2011, at 12:53, Ville Voutilainen wrote:

>> 0.  Since there is no SVN tag expansion (like $Revision$) that would
>> output the current SVN version, we have to move the canonical value
>
> Uh what? The id expansions at the top of our files expand the revision
> as well as other information.


That is the last-changed revision of that individual file. It will not  
advance, even on a fresh checkout, as long as that file is not modified.

svnversion is the right tool for this job, as it scans the entire  
working copy and produces an appropriate summary.

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Kevin Reid                                  <http://switchb.org/kpreid/>