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Re: Ev2 symlinks

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 07:27:35 +0200

On 28.06.2013 07:19, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> So, to be explicit: calling add_symlink() when driving the FS commit
> editor is a bug; calling add_file(svn:special='*', contents="link foo")
> when driving the wc-ng update editor is also a bug.
>
> I suppose we could have a wrapper editor that converts from one form to
> the other, or validates that the "wrong" way to add a symlink isn't
> used. If we code the assertions tightly enough [1], we might even be
> able to avoid bugs.

In the end it's all a matter of negotiating capabilities and selecting
the correct wrapper editor for the peer. I suspect it's even RA-layer
independent.

-- Brane

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Branko Čibej | Director of Subversion
WANdisco // Non-Stop Data
e. brane_at_wandisco.com
Received on 2013-06-28 07:28:16 CEST

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