On checkout i get the location of the working directory prior to the check out rather then the checked out location

[lee-elenbaas]

I tried to use this to generate a single file that contain my current version on the branch as a way to give version information to a website.
I use the $Name$
and i get that when i switch from one branch to another - the file gets filled with the information of the branch i am leaving - instead of the branch i am checking out (i get the wrong tag name and the wrong commit hash)

[mhallak]

I have the same problem. How did you solve it? Thanks

[kimmormh]

I am unable to reproduce this behavior, however in debugging I ran into something else, which might be what you're getting at:

The problem is that even if your branch tag points to abcdef, the file has not changed.

For example, if you check the current commit with

git describe --always --tag

and then check out the log for a file:

git log file

If a file was not included in the most recent commit, it does not have a log entry for that commit, but instead uses the most recent one found. It does reflect the status of that file properly (And mimics CVS conventions in this way, which is actually what I intended to do).

SOLUTION:

Use $Commit$ instead (That shows that commit hash of the checkout, not the specific file)

[mhallak]

Hi
The problem is very well described here:
turon#10
and it seems that there is no solution.