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RE: Re[2]: [PATCH] implement keywords substitution in mod_dav_svn

From: Gavin Baumanis <gavinb_at_thespidernet.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:58:25 -0500

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jinfroster [mailto:jinfroster_at_mail.ru]
> Sent: Sunday, 10 February 2013 11:20
> To: C. Michael Pilato
> Cc: dev_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re[2]: [PATCH] implement keywords substitution in mod_dav_svn
>
> Hello,
>
> CMP> On 02/04/2013 09:55 AM, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> >> On 02/04/2013 06:30 AM, Philip Martin wrote:
> >>> jinfroster <jinfroster_at_mail.ru> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> Add "SVNKeywordSubstitution" per-directory (repository) mod_dav_svn
> >>>> configuration parameter (default is "Off"). Implement keywords
> >>>> substitution.
> >>>
> >>>> * subversion/mod_dav_svn/repos.c
> >>>> (set_headers):
> >>>> If parameter SVNKeywordSubstitution is On, don't send
> >>>> "Content-length". We can't guess the size of expanded stream at
> >>>> the moment (..is that bad?)
> >>>> (deliver):
> >>>> If parameter SVNKeywordSubstitution is On, perform keywords
> >>>> substitution, like client-side utilities do.
> >>>
> >>> Does your Subversion client use neon? I think this causes the
> >>> server to send expanded keywords in response to GET requests and so
> >>> will break Subversion clients using serf.
> >>
> >> Yes, that's precisely what it does. But the problem isn't limited to
> >> Serf clients. Any call to svn_ra_get_file() -- for example, to support
'svn
> cat'
> >> -- will suffer. So, yeah, cool idea, but unfortunately the patch is
> >> unacceptable as-is.
>
> CMP> Sorry, hit send too fast. That should be "... Any call to
> CMP> svn_ra_get_file() with Neon ..."
>
> You are right! With this patch SVN client complains on bad checksums...
> Sorry, didn't test that well.
> But SVN clients do keywords substitution themselves. The idea was to
> implement substitution for dumb HTTP clients which are missing it.
>
> Would it be sufficent to check 'is_svn_client'?
>
> if (dav_svn__get_keyword_substitution_flag(resource->info->r)
> && !resource->info->repos->is_svn_client)
> {
> ...
>
> If there are more troubles/questions, please point on them to me.
> I'm willing to work on this patch if it has chances to be accepted :)
>
> --
> Best regards,
> jinfroster mailto:jinfroster_at_mail.ru
Received on 2013-03-07 15:59:47 CET

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