Hyrum K Wright wrote on Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 23:14:10 +0000:
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Noorul Islam K M <noorul_at_collab.net> wrote:
> > hwright noorul: ignored_props_mod takes a list of properties, yes (as
> > opposed to a blanket "ignore all prop mods")
> >
> > hwright what you are saying
> > is that in order to accomplish the later
> > with the former, you'd have to know a priori which props are in
> > the repo, right?
> >
> > Yes, you are right. This is what I was trying to convey.
>
> Thanks for helping me understand. These two seem like a couple of
> separate, but related, use cases. I wonder if there is a way to
> convey "all properties" through the ignored-props list (perhaps a
> special "svn:*" prop?).
>
Having a meta-entry in the property list sounds like a hack, could we
easily have a cleaner design?
> For both case, though, I'd like some input from the peanut gallery,
> commenting on the utility of adding code vs. maintenance, etc.
>
From the peanut gallery: having an "ignore any and all prop mods" sounds
useful to me. How hard would it be to implement? Just marshal an
additional flag and then skip a strcmp() in the FS library, or more
involved?
> -Hyrum
Received on 2011-02-08 02:46:23 CET