Re: Include / Exclude Path woes Was: TSVNCache and Handles on USB Dri ve

Lübbe Onken wrote:

> Thats what I would have expected too. I wonder why I have to add a '*' to a
> path to in-/exclude sub paths. Since I don't understand for what it is for,
> I play heretic and doubt its necessity:
> - What is the original reason for this?
> - Isn't this too complicated?
> - Is it necessary?
> - Do we need the '*' to achieve anything that we can't achieve without it?
>
> "Exclude C:\" -> Exclude the C: drive and all its folders
> "Include C:\Delphi" -> Include C:\Delphi and all its versioned subfolders.
>
> What does the '*' give me on top of that?

There is a reason :)

Some people have unversioned folders inside versioned ones. And they
don't want those to be included in the cache.

Imagine the following wc-layout:

c:\Delphi
c:\Delphi\src
c:\Delphi\generatedoutput

Now, if you set c:\Delphi* as the include pattern, then
c:\Delphi\generatedoutput is included too. That's because the include
pattern has priority over the exclude pattern. And the priority is that
way because you have a *lot* more to exclude than to include. That way,
you can exclude whole drives and just include *some* folders. If the
priority were the other way around, you'd have to exclude all your
unversioned folders separately.

But the tooltips on the pattern edit boxes *clearly* state that you have
to add a '*' to the pattern if you want the subfolders too.

Stefan

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