Re: Suggestions on modifications on commit

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 09:42:29AM -0500, kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Anders Engström <aengstrom@gnejs.net> writes:
[snip]
> > IMO, this could be handled by the server only - on
> > a successful commit the server would send back a diff to the client
> > containing the modified keyword substitution line ($Id$). *If* the
> > commit worked this way, our ugly "Keyword substitution hack" would work
> > without the mentioned drawback...
> >
> > Any comments on this?
>
> Yes -- "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
>

Heh... thanks for the input :) I'm pretty proud of our
"ForceKeywordSubstitutionIntoMSWordDocuments"-hack, but the way we use
it is evil. Need I say that the demand came from management[1]? ;)

  1. http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/the_characters/index.html#boss

//Anders

-- 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Anders Engström         aengstrom@gnejs.net
. http://www.gnejs.net    PGP-Key: ED010E7F
. [Your mind is like an umbrella. It doesn't work unless you open it.]