Re: svn commit: r1076712 - in /subversion/trunk/subversion/libsvn_wc: revision_status.c wc-queries.sql wc_db.c wc_db.h

On 03/03/2011 01:50 PM, Stefan Sperling wrote:
>> I think that, going forward, we'll need a better representation
>> of externals in the DB in order to be able to make queries consider
>> them in a more straightforward way.
>
> Hmmm... until then, we could probably use this hack in the NODES table:
>
> /* The serialized file external information. */
> /* ### hack. hack. hack.
> ### This information is already stored in properties, but because the
> ### current working copy implementation is such a pain, we can't
> ### readily retrieve it, hence this temporary cache column.
> ### When it is removed, be sure to remove the extra column from
> ### the db-tests.
>
> ### Note: This is only here as a hack, and should *NOT* be added
> ### to any wc_db APIs. */
> file_external TEXT,

Yes, yes, this was the easy-to-spot fashion I was thinking of!

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