Re: [Issue 1191] New - svn cat (and others?) don't look to working copy for properties

Karl Fogel <kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net> writes:

> But how should 'svn cat' behave when invoked on a working file?
[...]
> If -r is passed, then we should cat the specified revision of the
> file, using its props as they appear in that revision, and *not* the
> local props.
>
> If no -r is passed, then we should either cat the text base, or the
> working file. If text base, then the only properties to honor for
> keywords and eol would be the local base properties.
[...]
> Does this sound reasonable?

I don't think the working file would be right, the text base would
be OK, and I think the current "assume HEAD" behaviour is not
unreasonable. If we do change 'svn cat' then we should probably
change 'svn ls' as well.

-- 
Philip Martin
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