Version History

Add a version history, track date, author and description of each change.

Description: Having a version history within you DOS batch file is good practice in order to keep track of when changed what. Have the following code block close to the beginning of each batch file to present a nicely formatted version history. The version history can be updated by copying the last entry and modifying Date, Author, and Description appropriately.
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::: -- Version History –-
:::          XX.XXX         YYYYMMDD Author Description
SET "version=01.000-beta" &:20051201 p.h.   initial version, providing the framework
SET "version=01.000"      &:20051202 p.h.   framework ready
SET "version=01.001"      &:20051203 p.h.   added cool new features
::: !! For a new version entry, copy the last entry down and modify Date, Author and Description