Re: RFE: Add Subversion keyword for year

There are plenty of templating and text replacement programs around. Why
not use one of them?

IMO, it's feature bloat to try to make svn do everything possible for every
person.

Do you really want a Copyright notice that reads "Copyright 2008-$Year: 2011
$ FooBar Inc"? I doubt it.

$ echo "Copyright 2008-_at_YEAR@ FooBar Inc" > cr.in

$ sed "s/@YEAR@/$(date +%Y)/g" cr.in > cr

$ cat cr
Copyright 2008-2011 FooBar Inc

Yes, that was a UNIX example. I can make the same thing work under Windows.
Plus, there are more generalized solutions: m4 (for example).

- KOG

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 14:29, Alex Vincent <ajvincent_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm currently in the process of updating copyright notices where I work.
> To me, this is an ideal place for a SVN keyword:
>
> Copyright 2008-$Year$ MyCompany
>
> The SVN keywords listed in the online documentation list Date, but it's far
> too specific for a copyright. As an alternate, perhaps a special formatting
> keyword for dates could be established: $Date(YYYY)$, for example.
>
> Alex Vincent
> San Leandro, CA
>
> --
> "The first step in confirming there is a bug in someone else's work is
> confirming there are no bugs in your own."
> -- Alexander J. Vincent, June 30, 2001
>
Received on 2011-04-19 01:42:39 CEST