Re: [gentoo-dev] Is the $Id$ line in our ebuilds still useful?

[Matthias Maier]

> This expansion doesn't take place under git, so now I don't understand
> the usefulness of this line. If I have missed something, can someone
> fill me in, or if it isn't useful any more can we consider removing it?

It is possible to define custom keyword expansions for $Id$ with
.gitattributes (man gitattributes /ident).

This might be of some use when converting a given git checkout to a tree
snapshot, etc.

Best,
Matthias