would it be possible to state this url somehow in the footer/header
of the repository output of folders, so you don't have to be a
genious to remember it?
example header, with the last 3 revisions:
revision 1000 (999, 998, 997)
or for a earlier revision:
revision 998 (HEAD, 999, 997)
--- Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@collab.net> wrote:
> Walter Strametz <Walter.Strametz@ilogs.at> writes:
>
> > Thx, thats cool; but:
> >
> > I really want to browse an old repository or an tree. The
> command
> > just works for one file.
> > svn ls command is fine but still there is no browsing.
> >
> > The other thing is that we have tons of code an I check out
> subtrees
> > only - and if I have
> > to support a collegue the only source I have is on the web.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> [Ben drags out the dead horse]
>
> Well, there *is* a URL for browsing older revisions. But it's
> opaquely constructed, meaning that an svn client isn't allowed to
> assume anything about its form.
>
> [Ben brings out the bat]
>
> The server is partially following the DeltaV spec, which means that
> it
> has complete control over the form of such URLs, and reserves the
> right to change the form at any time.
>
> [Ben starts beating]
>
> In fact, we *have* changed the server URL format in the past.
> DeltaV
> only defines a way for a client (i.e. our svn client) to make
> queries to fetch the opaque URL; it doesn't dictate the specific
> form.
>
> [Ben drags the horse away]
>
> That said: for the *moment* you can browse old revs with this
> form:
>
> http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/!svn/bc/2000/trunk
>
> ...but don't count on this always working.
>
> [Ben brings out a live horse]
>
> As I said in my other mail, just because DeltaV doesn't allow the
> client to know the ever-changing URL formats, doesn't mean we can't
> define a *permanent* format, beyond the world of DeltaV. It would
> certainly make Subversion friendlier to humans with web browsers.
>
>
>
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