[development] RCS $Id tag in database source files

[James Walker]

On 28-Feb-06, at 6:35 PM, Derek Wright wrote:

>
> The Drupal coding standards (http://drupal.org/node/318) doesn't
> explicitly list this point.  In addition to .php files using:
>
> // $Id$
>
> it seems like .mysql and .pgsql files should also include something
> like this:
>
> -- $Id$

+1

>
> Knowing the exact revision of a .mysql file seems just as handy as
> knowing it for source (.php, .module or .inc) files.
>
> Upon further inspection, I see that this has now been done in
> core/database/database.* in HEAD.  Nice work, Markus and Dries,
> thanks.
>
> a) I'd like to encourage all module developers on this list to add
> this comment to any .mysql and .pgsql files in their own module(s).

well, as of 4.7 - folks can use .install files instead... so  
(hopefully) there won't be any *.*sql files any more :)

> b) We should update the coding standards page about this.  I'd just
> add a comment to the page, but it seems better to have it in the body
> of the node, instead.  What's the best way for me to help make that
> happen?  I submitted an issue to the Documentation project's
> "Developer Guide" component... is that the desired behavior?

I believe you can edit the page directly ... but i'll defer to a  
documentation team type ...


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