Re: [PATCH][RFC] allow local file:// URLs for svnadmin

Julian Foad <julianfoad_at_btopenworld.com> writes:

> Vincent Legoll wrote:
>> I think there's nothing preventing svnadmin to accept local
>> file:// URLs as repository location parameter. So why not ?

I think it's a bad idea because svnadmin doesn't use the RA layer.
Adding this will create the false expectation that all RA protocols
should work.

> If you want to do this, remember that converting a URL to a local path
> is not as simple as stripping off a prefix: there are at least two
> different prefixes (file://localhost as well), and you have to un-escape
> the URL escaping.

The client allows one to use file://localhost:port as well (although
that might be a bug).

-- 
Philip
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