Re: Merge tracking: Getting only revision numbers in svn log

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Eric Gillespie <epg_at_pretzelnet.org> wrote:
> Eirik Bjørsnøs <eirbjo_at_gmail.com> writes:
>
>> a) Is there a general interest in adding a switch that will make svn
>> log only return revision numbers for merged revisions? Or is this
>> somewhat of a corner case that normal users will never run into?
>
> Pass FALSE for discover_changed_paths and an empty array for
> revprops to svn_ra_get_log2 (or svn_client_log). Then only the
> revision and has_children flags will be filled in the
> svn_log_entry_t structures you receive.

Nice tip! And so obvious as to overlook.

> Though, I really don't think you're causing any load by receiving
> the changed_paths and revprops. All that information is (at
> least for fsfs) easily available without a lot of work. It's not
> like requesting a diff, or trying to log a path forward, or
> anything like that.

The network overhead, especially for changed paths, can be substantial
enough to notice.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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