Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add keyword unexpansion support to convert.c

Andy Parkins [off-list ref] writes:

On Tuesday 2007 April 17 11:09, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

	$ 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.