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 12 Keyword substitution
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 As long as you edit source files inside a working directory you can
 always find out the state of your files via `cvs status' and `cvs log'.
 But as soon as you export the files from your development environment
 it becomes harder to identify which revisions they are.
 
    CVS can use a mechanism known as "keyword substitution" (or "keyword
 expansion") to help identifying the files.  Embedded strings of the form
 `$KEYWORD$' and `$KEYWORD:...$' in a file are replaced with strings of
 the form `$KEYWORD:VALUE$' whenever you obtain a new revision of the
 file.
 

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* Keyword list                   Keywords
* Using keywords                 Using keywords
* Avoiding substitution          Avoiding substitution
* Substitution modes             Substitution modes
* Configuring keyword expansion  Configuring keyword expansion
* Log keyword                    Problems with the $Log$ keyword.
 
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