Ph. Marek wrote:
>On Thursday 18 August 2005 08:18, Branko Čibej wrote:
>
>
>>Ph. Marek wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Wednesday 17 August 2005 23:05, Branko Čibej wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ph. Marek wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Wednesday 17 August 2005 11:23, Branko Čibej wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> * What happens if I want to "svn mv REPOS_URL/macos-resource-forks
>>>>>> REPOS_URL/macos-rsrc"? And what if I do this with a client that's
>>>>>> not aware of the convention?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>As you only change the *name* of something, the attributes describing
>>>>>where to find the resource-forks stay the same.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>You missed the point here -- this is renaming the directory where the
>>>>resource forks files are stored.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Oh, I see.
>>>Yes, you're right.
>>>That could be a problem.
>>>But I see that on the same lane as
>>> svn mv REPOS_URL/trunk REPOS_URL/something-else
>>>ie. an operation which is guaranteed to make troubles :-)
>>>
>>>
>>It is a completely different kind of problem, because it doesn't break
>>the repository.
>>
>>
>Excuse me, but I don't seem to understand you.
>How does that "break" the repository? There's something inconsistent stored -
>but that's easily repaired.
>
>
It's not easily repaired if it means changing properties on a bunch of
files.
>>>If the /resource-forks path is defined (eg as attribute on REPOS_URL), the
>>>attributs could be relative to that path - renaming this path would take
>>>another propset, and everythings ok.
>>>
>>>
>>No, a client that's not aware of this convention won't change the prop,
>>and will break the repository.
>>
>>
>A client not aware of this convention won't know how to get or store
>resource-forks, too, so they will just stay ignored.
>
>
It will break the meaning of the repository for clients which _are_
aware of resource forks.
-- Brane
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