[svn.haxx.se] · SVN Dev · SVN Users · SVN Org · TSVN Dev · TSVN Users · Subclipse Dev · Subclipse Users · this month's index

Re: [RFC] Distinguish Between Paths/File For Summarized Diff Output

From: Jeremy Whitlock <jcscoobyrs_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-10-15 19:17:19 CEST

Mark,
    That's something to consider. Thanks for your feedback. I guess
we'll wait to see what others think.

Take care,

Jeremy

On 10/15/07, Mark Phippard <markphip@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/07, Jeremy Whitlock <jcscoobyrs@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mark,
> > If other subcommands are affected by this, I would propose that we
> > fix them all then. Not knowing whether an outputted path is a file or
> > directory can be a pain to find the answer to usually requiring a
> > server round trip. From a scripting perspective, this is problematic.
> > I agree with consistency so I understand that if agreed upon, my
> > patch would have to potentially touch many subcommands but in the end,
> > I think having a visible way to distinguish file path from directory
> > path would be a great update to Subversion's output.
>
> I don't really disagree, but I do not think we can change the format
> of our output until 2.0. I believe it is part of the compatibility
> rules for the API. I could be wrong, but I think I have heard that
> before.
>
> --
> Thanks
>
> Mark Phippard
> http://markphip.blogspot.com/
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@subversion.tigris.org
Received on Mon Oct 15 19:17:31 2007

This is an archived mail posted to the Subversion Dev mailing list.

This site is subject to the Apache Privacy Policy and the Apache Public Forum Archive Policy.