Re: Future of ident(1)

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 09:47:18AM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote:

> Just in case someone thinks this is something useful, I've got a PR filed
> against git to implement custom $Id$. There are no technical issues with
> the change but Git developers are not very keen on merging it in, since
> they see this as an obscure feature, no one needs. :-/ So if anyone wants
> to chime in on GitHub or git mailing list please do so.
> 
> https://github.com/git/git/pull/1074

Or temporary put one file into devel/git/files?

> Thanks!
> 
> -Max
> 
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 2:30 PM Steve Kargl <
> sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> 
> > All,
> >
> > With the new world order, what is the future of ident(1)?
> > Should it be removed from base?  Given a compiled binary
> > in base, how does one find the equivalent git info that
> > ident(1) used to perform?
> >
> > Having a few minutes to dust off old patchs for libm, should
> > I remove $FreeBSD$ tags in files I touch?  For new files, is
> > it expected that useless $FreeBSD$ tags should be added?
> >
> > --
> > Steve
> >
> >