Re: ignore not recursive to subdirectories

In a message dated: 02 May 2003 09:37:18 CDT
cmpilato@collab.net said:

>> Why not load with any existing values? If the person invokes
>> propedit, and wants to apply it recursively, they probably want the
>> existing ones. And if they don't, they're in an editor, they can
>> easily delete them.
>
>You have two choices of interface here, then:
>
> - Load *all* the collective values of that property in all the
> recursive targets into the one editor buffer. Well, this is
> silly (I trust you agree).

Oh, right, yeah, that might not be optimal :)

So, if you load the editor with an empty file, would the new props
clobber the old, or be added to them?

> - Open and close the editor for each and every recursive target.
> Hey, that's fine with me if you want to deal with that sucker
> popping up in your face a hundred times.

Yeah, ahm, no :)

>I think you're missing something here.

Yeah, a lot of caffeine :)

>Remember, we have both 'svn propedit' (which allows a person to edit
>properties in an editor program) and 'svn propset' (which allows a
>person to set new property values taken from the command-line or from a file).

Excuse me while I apply a well-placed dope-slap across my fore head 8^)

>The problem is what to do with -R on a propedit, as you can see from
>other messages on this list today.

Yeah. Remind me to drink more coffee before I pipe up in the future :)

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