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Re: Merge mode (Was Classifying files as binary or text)

From: Mike Samuel <mikesamuel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:48:05 -0800

2009/11/17 B Smith-Mannschott <bsmith.occs_at_gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 21:56, Mike Samuel <mikesamuel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> I thought I'd start a new thread about issue 1002 with a writeup of
>> Branko's merge mode property.  The proposal is first, followed by the
>> same background as before and slightly updated goals.
>
>> Proposal:
>> ========
>> (1) Add documentation on the svn:merge-mode property that lists the
>> allowed values as ("simple" and "none")
>> (2) Add example autoprops rules to the documentation that sets
>> svn:merge-mode to "simple" for the following file types
>>    application/ecmascript
>>    application/json
>>    application/xml
>>    image/svg+xml
>
> Strictly speaking, autoprops apply are triggered by file name
> patterns, not file [mime] types.

Quite right.

> [...snip...]
>
> Generally, I like the proposal:
>
> 1. It keeps svn:merge-mode orthogonal to related svn:keywords,
>   svn:eol-style svn:mime-type properties.
>
> 2. The goals section strikes me as both simple and sufficient. (Less
>   chance of unintended consequences.)
>
> // Ben
>

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