[GRASS-dev] How to get "Last changed" string for a module's manual?

Nikos Alexandris nik at nikosalexandris.net
Mon May 4 03:52:22 PDT 2015


Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> > Dear devs,
> > how do we get a string like
> > "Last changed: $Date: 2014-12-01 17:21:35 +0200 (Mon, 01 Dec 2014) $"
> > for a module's manual?  Is this dynamically created or is it hardcoded?

Markus Neteler:
> 
> Both :) You can copy it from another manual page. Then, to get it
> updated by SVN, you need to define svn propset. this you can do with a
> helper script:
> 
> sh ~/software/grass-addons/tools/module_svn_propset.sh yourfile
> 
> or
> 
> cd yourdir/
> sh ~/software/grass-addons/tools/module_svn_propset.sh *
> 
> hope this helps,

A lot, thanks.  How can I verify it actually updates the string?  I did
as per the instruction above, then `svn up` (necessary?), then
re-compiled. Don't see an updated string though.

Nikos


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