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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add keyword unexpansion support to convert.c
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:24:54 -0700
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Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tuesday 2007 April 17 11:09, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> 	$ git checkout B
>>
>> 	should be immediate and instantaneous.
>
> Now - that's a much better argument.  However, it's not
> relevant, keywords (in other VCSs, and so why not in git) are
> only updated when a file is checked out.

It _is_ very much relevant.

If you have the keyword in your svg drawing, and if branch A and
branch B happen to have textually the same contents but the way
they got there are different, I do not think not checking it out
upon branch switching is correct.  Otherwise your printed copy
would have information from the version in branch A, even after
switching to B.