Re: CVS update: MODIFIED: libsvn_wc ...

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:

>Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
>Honestly, I'm not sure at all why people object to examining a parent;
>we're only doing it once, to determine where to anchor an editor. Is
>there a great philosophical wrongness? I mean yes, it's a little ugly
>to think about. But then again, so is the whole problem of versioning
>directories. I've just never been clear on Greg/Karl's objections.
>
What happens if your machine's "/" is under SVN control? (Or some other
situation where ./ == ../).

>>2. Fix the editor interface to allow changes (properties and removal)
>>to the root directory.
>>
>>The second option has the advantage that it lets us set properties on
>>the repository root directory, something I guess we just can't do now.
>>
>
>Yeah, this might be the key. In addition to the editor having a
>"replace_root()" (which gives you back a dir_baton for editing
>children), we could add "delete_root()" and "add_root()". :-)
>
You only have to be able to change ".", I don't think you'd need new
interfaces.

Just for the record: I object to this idea also, so we're in the lead
3:2. :-)

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