odd.moller@cypoint.se wrote:
> A "base revision" keyword would greatly simplify usage of subversion
> revision numbers as build numbers.
You are mistaken about how keywords work; they are stored unexpanded in
the repository and only the client code expands them at specific times
(e.g. when the file containing the keyword is updated). See also below.
> I know that this is possible today via the svnversion (or svn log) command,
> but a keyword expansion would work without depending on any subversion
> tools on the client, and would work for repository exports as well.
I don't understand this part. It is not possible to checkout or export
from Subversion without using the Subversion tools locally (unless you
are thinking that you can use a web mirroring tool to copy the files
directly out of the repository using the DAV browser).
> I think the above FAQ answer need not apply if the proposed "base revision"
> keyword is implemented in such a way as to avoid a total repository
> traversal. If the svn server knows the set of files that has the "base
> revision" keyword, only these files need have the keyword expanded at
> update/commit. Either the server could automatically keep track of files
> with the "base revision" keyword, or some property on the repository root
> directory could specify the set of files explicitly.
As I said above, the server *never* expands keywords - only the client
does this. If you read the chapter about "Mixed Revision working
copies" you will see that Updates and Commits are completely independent
operations. When you commit a file, that file, and only that file is
committed (for recursive commits read that as being "each file
independently"). No other file will be updated when *this* file has
been changed (it's a core part of how the working copy code operates).
The "base revision" or "repository global revision" is a meta property
of the working copy, or any individual file. That's why it is best
handled in a build system using e.g. svnversion.
HTH
John
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Received on Fri Sep 1 19:57:58 2006