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Subject: Re: Version Resolution? 
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> > > No, think a bit larger.  Make newvers.sh have a keyword (like %%date%%)
> > > that a sed script could use to replace the "counter" as a part of a
> > > commit.  Only do the RCS/CVS drill on newvers.sh if something =other
> > > than= the date string changes.
> > 
> > And where does this counter number come from?  We're back at the same
> > place we started.
> 
> Date/time at the moment of the commit.  Format it how you like.

Only you don't want it in newvers.sh; it needs to be generated at 
checkout/update time, and coming up with a mixed "normal/special" 
object would be a great deal harder than just a "special" object.

Nate's right, it's not easy.  I've just given myself a headache looking 
at the CVS sources.  8)

mike