RE: Keyword expansion confusion

>>>>> "David" == David Aldrich <david.aldrich_at_t-modus.nec.co.uk> writes:

 David> Hi John
>> Keyword expansion is performed by the client software when a file
>> is checked out (or exported). The web interface is not a client
>> in the same sense and hence does not expand keywords. The
>> keywords are stored in the repository unexpanded (which is what
>> you are seeing).

 David> Thanks for the explanation. I wondered if that was what is
 David> happening but guessed (wrongly) that expansion would happen at
 David> commit time. I'm surprised that a web interface view is not
 David> necessarily the same as a client view.

 David> Presumably ViewVC (which we don't have set up for Subversion
 David> at the moment) is a true client and would perform expansion?

No, it doesn't.

    paul

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