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Re: URLs again

From: Karl Fogel <kfogel_at_galois.collab.net>
Date: 2001-02-20 21:50:50 CET

Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org> writes:
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 12:02:49PM -0600, Karl Fogel wrote:
> > "B. W. Fitzpatrick" <fitz@red-bean.com> writes:
> > > > > $ svn --where-does-the-repository-in-my-cwd-begin
> > > > > Your repository begins at repos/begins/naaaah
> > > > > Have a nice day.
> > > > > $
> > > >
> > > > Because the working copy would need a network connection to know this.
> > >
> > > Why couldn't the necessary info be stored on the client, just not in
> > > the URL? Isn't there some property or something we could stuff it in?
> >
> > It could be, yah, and Greg S is even saying it should be. (Of course,
> > this violates the original argument, if I understand it correctly,
> > which is that the client is just supposed to be handed a "versioned
> > resource" and not know that there is even such a thing as a
> > repository.)
>
> It does violate the original argument :-) ... The problem is that the client
> needs to be aware of repository boundaries because of how we handle commits.
>
> Note: this is a post-M2 topic :-)

+1 :-)

-K
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