Re: regexp matching in svn?

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Bert Huijben <bert_at_qqmail.nl> wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Johan Corveleyn [mailto:jcorvel_at_gmail.com]
>> Sent: dinsdag 31 januari 2012 5:08
>> To: Daniel Shahaf
>> Cc: Bert Huijben; dev_at_subversion.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: regexp matching in svn?
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>> My most immediate problem is solved, because that's about generating
>> nice diffs on the server for post-commit emails. My server runs on
>> Solaris, and we have diffutils 3.2 installed now. Problem solved
>> (except that svnlook doesn't support --diff-cmd, so I have to fall
>> back to 'svn' for this, but anyway ...).
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> Adding --diff-cmd to svnlook should be easier than adding regex support :)

We've batted around the idea of allowing regexes in svn:ignore
properties and authz files, but without proper regex support in
Subversion we can't.

While I'm not saying we should add such support now, I am pointing out
that there are more use cases that simply those covered by 'svnlook
--diff-cmd'.

-Hyrum

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