Re: Auto-subst of repository roots (was Re: svn diff branch woprking copy against mainline?)

On 2005-11-04 06:47:20 -0500, Michael Sweet wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >How about "/:" for the root URL and ".:" for the URL of the
> >current directory (replacing "current:" in Issue 2061)?
>
> I like it, but would we have to worry about files starting with a
> colon?

First, users should probably avoid them. Then, there would be other
ways to write the corresponding path/URL, e.g. with "./:" just like
filenames starting with "-" ("-" starts an option). Also, the colon
could be escaped with "%" hex hex.

> The other proposal of using "root:" seems to avoid that issue and
> be consistent with using "current:" as well.

There would be a similar problem if you have a filename starting
with "root:" or "current:".

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