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Re: [PATCH] Add URL support for propset and propdel and fix URL support for propedit

From: Karl Fogel <kfogel_at_red-bean.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:04:59 -0500

kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com writes:
> Needed a way to specify a "base revision", because of the possible
> race condition between looking at the properties and then
> performing a command directly on the repository.
>
> We kicked around a --base-rev parameter in another thread, but
> it was easier for me to "overload" the meaning of -r here.
>
> Not using -r and using some other parameter is definitely a
> (probably less confusing) option.
>
> We could also assume "HEAD" (others didn't like this)
>
> Is peg revision syntax appropriate? (no idea on this)

FWIW, I like the "-rACTUAL_NUMBER" solution a lot. It protects
against any possibility of race condition.

It's okay if HEAD is different from ACTUAL_NUMBER, as long as the
property still has the value in HEAD that it did in ACTUAL_NUMBER,
of course.

-Karl

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