My point wasn't the validation of svn:mergeinfo revprops, it was whether
the validation of svn:mergeinfo nodeprops should happen in
svn_repos__validate_prop().
I'm not against telling that function whether it's validating a nodeprop
or a revprop, and applying different logic in either case.
Philip Martin wrote on Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 20:03:48 +0100:
> Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> writes:
>
> >> Perhaps. svn_repos__validate_prop is also used by
> >> svn_repos_fs_change_txn_props, is it appropriate to validate mergeinfo
> >> there?
> >>
> >
> > Why not? No one should be setting svn:mergeinfo as a txnprop (or
> > revprop). (and if they do, they shouldn't use the svn:* namespace)
> >
> >> We should probably split the validate function into two, one for node
> >> props and one for revprops.
> >>
> >
> > Given that we don't have any SVN_PROP_* whose semantics differ when it's
> > set as a revprop v. when it's set as a nodeprop, I'm not sure what this
> > would gain; I'm ±0.
>
> Huh? They differ totally. It makes no sense to check svn:mergeinfo
> syntax valid set as a revprop, we should either allow all values or
> none.
>
> > Unless, perhaps, you want to add verification that svn:mergeinfo isn't
> > set as a revprop and svn:log isn't set as a nodeprop? Feel free to do
> > so, but then I suggest you'll also teach svnsync et al to strip those
> > (ill-set) properties to avoid breaking any repositories out there that
> > do have svn:mergeinfo revprops and svn:log nodeprops.
>
> Old repositories are already problem. The existing svn:mergeinfo
> validation is going to prevent people dumping/loading repositories with
> invalid svn:mergeinfo on nodes. We don't want to add to the problem by
> adding syntax checking where we don't need it unless we *also* add the
> stripping code.
>
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Received on 2011-07-08 21:33:00 CEST