Obviously, if developers chose to support both methods, either:
a) developers support a mechanism that backends both methods with one
data location, or
b) users chose one or the other
On 13 May 2003 kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Jonathan Smith <jonsmith@members.limitless.org> writes:
> > Yeah, I just read the issue report.
> >
> > I've never been happy with using the commands to retrieve the log
> > information this way. Historically, this type of file has been kept and,
> > I prefer it. It's far, far easier to access. But this is oppinion. I'd
> > prefer to support both so people have the choice.
>
> Consider also the other cost to keeping the file statically:
> information duplication (and hence inevitable divergence).
>
> Log data can be changed after the commit, using
>
> $ svn propset -rFOO svn:log ...
>
> Then the repository log data would be out of sync with your logfile.
> When & how would the logfile get updated? If it's autogenerated, the
> answer is easy: at the next regeneration.
>
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