Re: [PATCH] svnlook --revprop patch, take two

On Dec 14, 2004, at 11:08 AM, C. Michael Pilato wrote:

> Oliver Klozoff <stevieoh@fastmail.fm> writes:
>
>> This patch adds --revprop support to svnlook propget and svnlook
>> proplist.
>> It also adds more basic regression tests for other svnlook
>> subcommands.
>
> Is this patch necessary? I mean, if you can access a repos via
> "/path/to/repos", then you can proplist and propget unversioned
> properties on the server side by using the 'svn' binary and
> "file:///path/to/repos".
>

By that argument, almost all of the 'svnlook' subcommands are
unnecessary, no?
Pretty much everything 'svnlook' does is doable via 'svn' with file:///
access.

I thought the point of 'svnlook' was to create a vague sense of
comfort, knowing that it can only read a filesystem, not change one.

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Received on Tue Dec 14 18:46:05 2004