> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Stein [mailto:gstein_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:55 AM
> To: Bert Huijben
> Cc: dev_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Dump of IRC response
>
> Alright, so then when would basename *ever* be useful?
>
> Dirname/entryname allows for join to work, too.
Looking at this again, I agree.
The original problem I tried to solve was that basename could be "/" or any
other valid dirent_root. (On Windows "/", "A:", "A:/" and "//server/share"
could be returned as basename). In my first attempt I made it always return
"/" as basename for any root.
This version was not compatible with the "A:", "A:/" case as joining "A:"
with "/" returns changes "A:" into "A:/".
When I started using "" as basename for root all these problems disappeared.
I wish I could redefine the dirent apis for 1.6 to use this convention
everywhere. (See the note in ^/branches/1.6.x/STATUS I just added)
Bert
>
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 23:08, Bert Huijben <bert_at_vmoo.com> wrote:
> > I hope you see this on irc.. otherwise:
> >
> > 11:52 <@gstein> Bert: in your addition of the entryname() stuff,
> > 11:52 <@gstein> you state "the adminstrative area handling should use
> the
> > entryname variants"
> > 11:52 <@gstein> why is that? what makes them special?
> >
> > And I answered 11 hours later:
> >
> >
> > 22:58 <@Bert> gstein: The administrative area handling uses "" as the
> name
> > of the folder within its own entries list..
> > While basename can return the parent, '/', 'A:',
> > '//server/share', etc as basename
> > 23:01 <@Bert> gstein: That definition of basename works well when you
> want
> > svn_dirent_join to work.. but you can never
> > use a workingcopy in a root drive if you use the
> combination
> > of directoryname and basename... E.g.
> > svn_dirent_split on "A:/" gives dirname "A:/" and
> basename
> > "A:/".. so you would start looking for the
> > entry "A:/" in the entries file located in "A:/.svn/"..
> while
> > you really need the "" entry in that file
> > 23:04 <@Bert> So basename works great if you want to split and join
> paths..
> > but not if you need a name of a directory
> > entry.. (And I don't see a way to integrate both
> methods.. (I
> > tried redefining basename last night, but
> > it breaks unambiguous joining :( )
> > 23:06 <@Bert> By quick and direty converting all svn_path_* on local
> paths
> > to the dirent*entry functions in entries.c,
> > lock.c and status.c I got a commit in a disk root
> working..
> > The code just needs some extra testing before
> > I want to commit..
> >
> > (Feel free to follow up on dev_at_s.t.o or irc)
> >
> >
> > Bert
> >
> >
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