Re: [Maybe Spam] Re: [OFT] scripting removal of $Id:

[Eric Siegerman]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 04:49:31PM -0000, Euan Guttridge wrote:
> Thanks but the exercise is too strip out the [CVS-keyword] line completely - 
> reason being
> to minimise unnecessarily checking of code 'conflicts' while merging with
> eclipse.

You could roll your own with something like (untested):
        $ perl -I.bak -p e 's/\$Id:[^$]*\$//' [files...]

But look again at the "-kk" suggestion; it might do what you
want.  If you merge with "-kk", then instead of:
        $Id: stuff $
you'll get precisely the string:
        $Id$
in each of the revisions used as inputs to the merge.  Since it's
the same line in all three files, there should be no merge
conflict.

Note, though, that as a side effect, merging with "-kk" will
stickily set all the files in your sandbox to "-kk" mode.
*After* you commit the merge, you'll have to do a "cvs up -A" to
restore them.

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