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Re: [PATCH] svn property name test functions

From: Julian Foad <julianfoad_at_btopenworld.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:32:31 +0000 (GMT)

I (Julian Foad) wrote:

> Nothing terribly exciting to see here.  I'm posting these patches just in
> case someone wants to comment or pick them up, because I won't be able to
> finish them today, or if Brane wants to take note because it's relevant to
> the property name testing in his recent prop-name spell-check code.
>
> The attached 'property-name-test-functions-1.patch' creates some public
> functions:
>
>  * subversion/include/svn_props.h
>   (svn_prop_is_known_svn_rev_prop, svn_prop_is_known_svn_node_prop,
>    svn_prop_is_known_svn_file_prop, svn_prop_is_known_svn_dir_prop): New
>     functions.
>
> and uses them in a small number of places that were doing those sorts of test
> in-line.

I decided to commit this patch (but not the one described below).  r1415456.

> As I have written in the log msg, we might want to expose the arrays as well (or
> possibly instead of) the functions.

I didn't write that in the commit log msg, only in the previously attached patch file.

- Julian

> The attached 'propdel-suppress-nonexistent-1.patch' demonstrates what I
> was trying to do, which is make the following warnings go away:
>
> $ svn pd svn:ignore -R contrib/cgi/
> Attempting to delete nonexistent property 'svn:ignore' on
> 'contrib/cgi'
> Attempting to delete nonexistent property 'svn:ignore' on
> 'contrib/cgi/...svn.cgi'
> Attempting to delete nonexistent property 'svn:ignore' on
> 'contrib/cgi/...README'
> Attempting to delete nonexistent property 'svn:ignore' on
> 'contrib/cgi/...log.cgi'
>
> I want the warnings to appear only for the node kinds where that property might
> be expected, not for all of the nodes.
>
> My current approach of suppressing the notifications seems rather wrong.  As
> noted in the log message in the patch, I want tohave a look at what
> 'propset' does, as maybe we should be avoiding trying to delete it from
> the wrong node kind rather than trying and then suppressing the notification.
>
> Or, perhaps the best solution is a middle way: try to delete from all nodes (I
> suppose we think we should do this "just in case it's there"), but
> don't send this notification when it's the wrong node kind.
Received on 2012-11-30 00:33:09 CET

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