Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 May 2008 19:06:22 -0400 | From | "Jon Smirl" <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] cpufreq: remove CVS keywords |
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On 5/19/08, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 06:42:21PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > > On 5/19/08, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote: > > > This patch removes CVS keywords that weren't updated for a long time > > > from comments. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> > > > > Thanks for doing this. I'd love to see all CVS keywords removed from > > the kernel source. > > > I did only the clear-cut cases in this batch (we even have several > keywords containing 2007 dates, and if someone actually maintains his > code in CVS that's legitimate usage), but I'll reduce them further in > the future. > > > > I've spent countless hour cleaning up kernel > > patches after various embedded vendors checked their kernel source > > into CVS and then generated patch sets containing their changes plus > > all of the expanded keywords. > > > Guess what experience motivated me to do these patches...
The $log ones are the most evil. It is hard to automatically remove the changes from the diffs.
> > > Jon Smirl > > cu > Adrian > > > -- > > "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out > of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. > "Only a promise," Lao Er said. > Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed > >
-- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com
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