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Re: API proposal - issue 2188 - svn_client_copy/move

From: Madan U Sreenivasan <madan_at_collab.net>
Date: 2005-10-28 01:42:49 CEST

On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 04:21, Max Bowsher wrote:
> kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> > Given the length and complexity of this conversation, I think it would
> > be a mistake to try to get even just the API change into 1.2.
> >
> > Realistically, we can't design the API without understanding the use
> > cases and the interface anyway. But we don't want to rush those.
> > Therefore, how about having this discussion continue, but aimed toward
> > 1.3 not 1.2?
>
> I think so. It's obviously more complicated than I'd hoped.
> Kicking 2188 to 1.3.
I see that after a patch and rejecting it too, nobody seems to exactly
know what is to be done regarding this. So, here am proposing what I
think is right. Pl. feel free to criticize(and hey, dont forget to
suggest an alternate ;) )

The pain area as of now is
- The inability to return error when the destination folder already
exists

The compatibility issue as of now is
- svn client behavior should be retained

  I propose a simple extra parameter - on_dir_exists to the copy and
move API that dictates how to handle the situation of the directory
existing
     a value of
     svn_error_if_dir_exists - does exactly that
     svn_make_sub_dir_if_dir_exists - does exactly that

     with a default value of svn_error_if_dir_exists.

Other problems
Ability to copy multiple source urls to a single destination url, when
implemented would need to call the copy/move API, with a on_dir_exists
value of svn_error_if_dir_exists and can be built around this solution.

   I'd like comments on the idea(including the variable names/values
etc.,)

Regards,
Madan.

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