Re: using $Header $ and $Log $

Stuart Arnold wrote:

> My script actually uses that field(filepath) to open the repository for the
> file
> It then retrieves the revision info(history/log) between an old build of a
> program and the newest one.
> It then generates reports from these results so we can confirm what went
> into a build.

Since you didn't state what portion of $Header$ you were using, I
couldn't speculate about what to suggest as an alternative. You will
need to rewrite any reports to hit the appropriate URL's for the
Subversion repository.

However, since Subversion is not file-based like CVS, your reports can
probably be more easily generated by using:

        svn log \
        http://server/path/to/old/release \
        http://server/path/to/new/release

(beware linewraps). In other words, if you are following the suggested
repository layout for Subversion, instead of trying to use your CVS
model, you can get a log between two tags directly, rather than querying
each file individually.

>
> I guess what I'm getting to is that $Header$ keeps some "path" to its
> location in the repository and
> that it be consistent,eg, $HeadURL$ should be used for the "file" portion.

$HeadURL$ is the only way to the the path information for a given file.
  It is more consistent than the equivalent RCS information presented
from CVS since it is the actual URL needed to retrieve the log
information, as opposed to the relative pathname within the RCS/CVS
repository.

HTH

John

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