I think I need to tweak the new indented "svn propget" output format.
BACKGROUND
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Some time back (r32484) I changed the output format of "svn proplist -v"
to indent every line of a multi-line property value, to make it
parseable and more readable:
In v1.5:
[[[
$ svn-1.5.4 proplist -v subversion/tests/cmdline/
Properties on 'subversion/tests/cmdline':
svn:ignore : svn-test-work
httpd-*
.gdb_history
*.pyc
...
]]]
In trunk:
[[[
$ svn proplist -v subversion/tests/cmdline/
Properties on 'subversion/tests/cmdline':
svn:ignore
svn-test-work
httpd-*
.gdb_history
*.pyc
...
]]]
For "svn propget", I made a similar change, but a little differently. In
comparison to v1.5, the new format always shows the file name, always
shows the property name, and indents the value, but I chose to make this
new format happen only with "-v/--verbose", feeling that tools might be
more commonly parsing the output (at least when it is parseable, such as
when requesting just one property from one target). The command did not
use "-v" before.
In v1.5, and also in trunk without "-v":
[[[
$ svn-1.5.4 propget svn:ignore subversion/tests/cmdline/
svn-test-work
httpd-*
.gdb_history
*.pyc
...
$ svn-1.5.4 propget -R svn:ignore subversion/tests/cmdline/
subversion/tests/cmdline/svntest - *.pyc
*.o
...
subversion/tests/cmdline - svn-test-work
httpd-*
.gdb_history
*.pyc
...
]]]
In trunk:
[[[
$ svn propget -v svn:ignore subversion/tests/cmdline/
Properties on 'subversion/tests/cmdline':
svn:ignore
svn-test-work
httpd-*
.gdb_history
*.pyc
...
$ svn propget -vR svn:ignore subversion/tests/cmdline/
Properties on 'subversion/tests/cmdline/svntest':
svn:ignore
*.pyc
*.o
...
Properties on 'subversion/tests/cmdline':
svn:ignore
svn-test-work
httpd-*
.gdb_history
*.pyc
...
]]]
The benefit is seen better with recursive or longer listings, especially
with long values like svn:mergeinfo and svn:ignore. (For properties with
short names and short single-line values, the old format looks nicer for
some purposes.)
NOW...
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I don't like using "-v" to change propget's output format, and part of
the reason I left it like that is so we can get a feel for which we
prefer.
I think we should:
A. Make "propget" print just the plain value with no header when there
is only one target, like it used to, but use the new indented format
when there are multiple targets. Remove the new use of "-v". (Leave
"proplist" as it
If you care, please have a look and a think. Alternatives are:
B. Leave it as it is.
C. Make "propget" use the new indented format always (like "proplist"
does), and so not add the use of the "--verbose" option in that command.
D. Revert the change to "proplist" and go back to its old messy
output, for pure compatibility.
I'll do (A) unless I hear a convincing argument to the contrary.
- Julian
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Received on 2009-01-20 13:31:52 CET