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In CVS I could put $LOG$ into the source file and when the file is checked in $LOG$ will be expanded into true logs in the file.
But how to implement this in Mercurial? Of course I mean the other keyword such as the latest checkin date and time.
For most of the problems keyword expansion solves it creates a whole heap more; isn’t recommended in Mercurial CVS/RCS-like Keyword Substitution – Why You Don’t Need It however it is documented how to do it with expansions if you really need to.
I’m not the only one to advise against keyword expansion, although there are times it can be useful one really needs to think hard before doing it.