CCS/MSP430G2755: After importing a CCC 5.5 project into 7.1, nothing in the XML files indicates the new CCS version

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

I imported a project from CCS 5.5 into CCS 7.1. However, nothing in the XML files (.project,.cproject,.ccsproject) indicates the new CCS version. In fact, the XML files still indicate CCS 5.5 with the following line in .cproject:

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<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="CCS_MBS_VERSION=5.5.0"/>

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This means that aside from careful notes in a revision control system, there is no way to know which tool version to use. Yes, the compiler version IS in the XML files but that is not enough. It still leaves the user guessing as to which CCS GUI this particular XML file-and-project in general is compatible with.

I found clues in the makefile:

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"C:/ti/ccsv7/ccs_base/msp430/include"

"C:/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-msp430_16.9.2.LTS/lib"

... etc, etc....

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However, because the makefile is a generated file, it is not normally checked into version control. So, if this project were checked out, zipped up, and handed off, the XML file would lead the recipient to believe that CCS 5.5.0 should be used. When in-fact, the last build was done with CCS 7.1.0.

CCS should insert some benign tags to indicate the change of CCS version so the tool is self-documenting about that.

Regards,

Jim