Codegen of header comments

Is there a way for codegen to not generate the date in the header comment. In other words omit the line "C source code generated on: xxxx:" if that is not possible is it possible to not generate any header comments? I still want the comments in the code just not the header stuff.

[Kaustubha Govind]

Which product are you using for code generation? MATLAB Coder or Simulink Coder?

[Y]

Matlab Coder

[Walter Roberson]

I am wondering why you want this? If it is a matter of wanting to be able to compare generated code, then comparison tools can often be configured to ignore something like this. Also there are tools available that could post-process the code to remove the line.

[Y]

It messes up source control because every file ends up being modified due to the date change even though there is no real change to file. So you can't tell what was a real change and what was not.

You are correct I could post process and remove that line, but that seems silly. I should just be able to tell it to not generate the date.

[Y]

no one knows?

[Kaustubha Govind]

Y: I don't know the answer for MATLAB Coder (I know how you would do it using Simulink Coder). Could you check with MathWorks Tech Support about this and put in an enhancement request if the functionality doesn't exist?

Answer 1

[Akshat Dalal]

Hi

You can modify the default code generation template. It has a <SourceGeneratedOn> token which generates the date. Please refer the following documentation for more information: https://www.mathworks.com/help/ecoder/ug/generate-custom-file-and-function-banners-for-matlab-code-generation.html

Hope this helps.