On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 06:38:32AM +0100, Branko Čibej wrote:
> Stefan Sperling wrote:
> > Client-side hooks can do very interesting things.
> > I've seen people pick TortoiseSVN as their only client because it has this
> > feature. Just like server-side hooks, it allows for a higher degree of
> > automation and can reduce the error rate of the software development
> > process if used right. It would be a useful feature for the CLI client.
> >
>
> Ah, OK, that's a different story then. Such a client-side hook API
> should live in libsvn_client. But ... as soon as I start thinking about
> such an API, it suddenly expands into a framework that takes over a lot
> of stuff that we're currently doing on the client side, e.g., keyword
> substitution and similar. Externals (shudder).
>
> Time to stop overengineering ...
If that happens then you're thinking too much :)
You're thinking about what the hooks could be doing, but that's up
to the user to decide, not us. We'd just need to invoke the hooks.
Stefan
Received on 2009-12-28 12:14:15 CET