How to use custom keywords in SVN

Question

I'm using a VisualSVN server and TortoiseSVN client. I have set the properties

svn:keywords = Author Id Revision LastChangedDate Copyright
copyright = (c) 2009 Foo Company.

Then, when I try to use these properties in the header file (including the custom property Copyright), I do it like:

/******************************************************************************
* $Id$
* 
* $Author$
*
* $Revision$
*
* $LastChangedDate$
*
* $Copyright$
******************************************************************************/

Every property is getting substituted right, except for the Copyright. What am I still missing?

Lowerclassman

Answer 1

Prior to SVN 1.8, custom keywords were unsupported by SVN.

Here are the supported keywords, and how they work. http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.props.special.keywords.html

Custom keywords had been a feature request for some time. http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=890

The feature was finally added as of SVN 1.8 (thanks MarkusSchaber). https://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8#custom-keywords

Boggle

Thanks for the information. It seems that there are patches that allow to do that, so perhaps this will work in future releases. – Lowerclassman

It works in SVN 1.8, see subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8#custom-keywords – Uxorial

@Uxorial Thanks for pointing that out. Updated my answer accordingly. – Boggle

Answer 2

You need the correct syntax. i.e. it's not $Id$, you need $Id: $. Then the value gets put here: $Id: value $

Saks

Seems you're right and I was wrong. I'm sure I used to have trouble with $Id$ etc. Maybe I had a dodgy SVN client. – Saks

Answer 3

I think that keywords are case sensitive. Try this:

svn:keywords = Author Id Revision LastChangedDate Copyright
Copyright = (c) 2009 Foo Company.

Sweater

I'm missing something else because it still doesn't work. Thanks! – Lowerclassman