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Re: [PATCH] Fix links generated by ?r=REV

From: Branko Cibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 22:24:33 +0200

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Branko Cibej <brane_at_xbc.nu> wrote:
>
>
>> IMHO he should use the exact same query string as was on the original
>> URL. Anything else is guesswork, no?
>>
>
> Er, this is tricky. Suppose I type in "http://host/some/dir?p=x&r=y".
>
> This wil locate dir_at_p, then follow the directory back in time to
> revision y (where it might exist at a different location).
>
> The children displayed in the output are therefore all being displayed
> at revision Y, and at some (possibly new) path. My first instinct is
> to point out that they should all therefore have the ?p=y bit attached
> to their hrefs, but this doesn't take into account the possibly new
> parental path. :-/
>

Yup, it's tricky :)

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