Re: What does this line mean?

[Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost>]

These are CVS keywords. Normal CVS calls this keyword "Id".

If you write

# $NetBSD$

and commit the file, CVS will expand it. See the manual:
https://www.gnu.org/software/trans-coord/manual/cvs/html_node/Using-keywords.html#Using-keywords

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Benny

On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 6:32 PM Hung Nguyen Gia <gh_origin%zohomail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> For example:
>
> # $NetBSD: bsd.prefs.mk,v 1.408 2020/06/07 05:59:30 rillig Exp $
>
> How to get this line? Does it auto-generated or people add it manually?
>
> If I edited the file, does I need to update it, too? How to update it?
>
> Overwrite it with my information or append it or just another line like it but with my information?
>
> And what does the 'v' mean? Does it mean 'version'? How could I know which version it is? Or I just put an arbitrary value?
>
> Thanks.
>
> gh



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Benny