Can vault insert the checkin comment in source file?

advatechxi'an · Post by **advatechxi'an** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:16 pm

i want to keep the change log in source file, also do not want the programmer to make extra effort to write it manually, while he/she has to write the checkin comment for source file. so i want to insert the checkin comment into source file automatically by vault. can vault do that?

thanks in advance!
michael

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:39 am

This functionality does not current exist in Vault. I'll log a feature request for this.

GregM · Post by **GregM** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:51 am

Can't this be done with keyword expansion, with the Log keyword?

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:00 pm

Greg, you're right.

You need to enable Keyword expansion. This setting is in the Admin Web Client under Source Control Repositories->(Repository name)->Keyword Expansion.

Then in the clients, use the keyword: $Log: $

The expanded file info will look like this:

$Log: /_demo/Documentation/IDE_Integration_Help.txt $

Revision: 3 Date: 2008-07-24 21:53:31Z User: admin
This is my comment.

The comment will be the item comment (checkout comment) or if there is no item comment, then the change set or checkin comment.