svn keyword

1. Insert the following text fragment into the comment portion of your source file, e.g., mysourcefile.js
   

   // $Id$

2. On the command line tell svn you are tagging your file with a keyword as follows:

   svn propset svn:keywords "Id" mysourcefile.js

3. Commit the change to this file mysourcefile.js
   svn -m "any comments" commit mysourcefile.js

Viola! From now onwards, every time you check in this mysourcefile.js file, that field will be updated with the latest details.

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