If the database object is controlled by the source, is it also necessary to note the changes in the headstone?

Question

If I have a definition of a procedure that has been saved in source control, is it necessary or useful to keep the tombstone up to date?

Here is what I mean by a tombstone:

CREATE proc [dbo].[getCreditTransactions]      
AS   
/*
2001-02-12 jdoe : created proc
2003-04-15 kdoe : added handling for credit business rules 
*/
etc... 

Answer 1

In order not to update the tombstone, suppose that people enter the appropriate information when checking for updates in the original control. This was a big problem at my last job — it was company policy, but there was no means to implement business rules to enforce behavior.

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