Bug 183573

Summary:	[devmanual] document how to disable CVS keywords mangling on commit
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Jakub Moc (RETIRED) <jakub>
Component:	Devmanual	Assignee:	Gentoo Quality Assurance Team <qa>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	coldwind
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-28 19:45:16 UTC

The patches get broken by this CVS keywords mangling of $Id/$Header/... or whatever every couple of weeks and people are totally clueless on how to disable this. Please, document how to commit such stuff and avoid the breakage.

Comment 1 Mark Loeser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-02-01 05:21:30 UTC

Added this:  http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/#adding-patches-to-the-tree

Hit me with something heavy if you don't like it.

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-02-01 08:35:43 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Hit me with something heavy if you don't like it.

Like, a keg of beer? *g* Nah, it's cool, thanks.