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How to handle keyword substitution with cvs import
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   The sources which you are importing may contain keywords (Note:
Keyword substitution).  For example, the vendor may use CVS or some
other system which uses similar keyword expansion syntax.  If you just
import the files in the default fashion, then the keyword expansions
supplied by the vendor will be replaced by keyword expansions supplied
by your own copy of CVS.  It may be more convenient to maintain the
expansions supplied by the vendor, so that this information can supply
information about the sources that you imported from the vendor.

   To maintain the keyword expansions supplied by the vendor, supply
the `-ko' option to `cvs import' the first time you import the file.
This will turn off keyword expansion for that file entirely, so if you
want to be more selective you'll have to think about what you want and
use the `-k' option to `cvs update' or `cvs admin' as appropriate.