Tracking base revision for files distributed without a repo

[Lester Caine]

Benjamin Fritz wrote:
>> I personally would use a little python distribute script to add a comment
>> >that includes the revision ID in each file as a comment as it zips the
>> >files.  If use os.walk and zip you can easily do this. Let me know if you
>> >would like a draft of something along those lines.
>> >
> What does this offer over the use of KeywordExtension? It seems like
> just an extra step to run every time I share changes to accomplish
> much the same thing.

The problem I have here is that a number of the projects I work with that 
unilaterally adopted GIT ( that really is the right name! ) are now dropping the 
keyword lines as 'not necessary'. Adding a complete comment line to every file 
makes sense to me for much the same reason highlighted. For scripted language 
support people can 'cherry pick' files and then you have little idea where they 
came from.

This is an area that would benefit from a more formal standard approach!

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