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Re: [PATCH] support printing changed properties in svnlook

From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:08:32 +0200

[ I'm somewhat confused about this issue. ]

Erik Johansson wrote on Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 21:41:38 +0100:
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 23:22, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> > Erik Johansson wrote on Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 17:17:47 +0100:
> >> +  /** How this property entered the node tree: 'A'dd, 'D'elete, 'R'eplace */
> >> +  char action;

I should have caught this earlier, but "replaced" doesn't make sense
for properties. (A node can be replaced by another node at the same
path, but for a fixed node properties can be added/modified/removed but
not replaced.)

> >
> > This is copied from svn_repos_node_t->action.  There was recently
> > a question about that field:
> > http://mid.gmane.org/3ABD28AA-A2FC-4D7D-A502-479D37995DB9@orcaware.com
> >
> > So, that asks whether 'C'hanged is a valid answer to the question that
> > ->action is meant to answer.  I'll also ask how this interacts with node
> > changes: for example; if r5 replaces-with-history a node that has
> > 'fooprop' set with another node that also has 'fooprop' set, what would
> > the value of 'action' be?
>
> What about this:
> When a node is deleted all the properties it had are listed in
> mod_prop with action D.
>
> When a node is added-with-history all the properties the source had
> are listed in mod_prop with action A and a new flag copyfrom = TRUE.
>

There is already a copyfrom indication in svn_repos_node_t->copyfrom_rev,
I don't think we need another one.

> A replace-with-history will result in two repos_nodes, each having a
> mod_prop list. If the same property exists in both it means it has
> been replaced.
>

Two nodes doesn't sound like a good idea; one node marked as 'replaced'
should suffice.

In case of a replacement, do we want the API to provide the replaced
node's properties? (at least their names)

> >> +  /** The name of the property */
> >> +  const char *name;
> >> +
> >> +  /** Pointer to the next sibling property */
> >> +  struct svn_repos_node_prop_t *sibling;
> >> +
> >> +} svn_repos_node_prop_t;
> >> +
Received on 2010-12-10 15:11:02 CET

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