XZise added a comment.
Okay but I doubt the usefulness. When someone has a problem and gives the version number how does it help? Can I search for a file with the given hash in the git file history? Otherwise I don't see how that hash helps… even if you only want to detect if the file is changed you need to know the original hash and for that you need to know the version the file is in.
I'd say it should be removed any and only used where we actually have a version number like in `__init__.__version__` to tell the current package version (if that is not already done automatically). On that topic it would be probably helpful if the nightlies have something like '2.0b3-20150124' so we know when that nightly was build (and if possible maybe the short git hash just to be sure). But again not in every file but only in the `__init__.py` probably.
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