RE: Re: Show file sizes in "Show Log" window and similar

> You could say, run something like http://mdbdiff.sourceforge.net/ for
> diffing the 2 databases. And you can actually create a .js or .vbs
> script like the other diff that is included in tsvn for doc, xls, etc.
>
> Alternatively found a post that might be useful:
> http://bytes.com/topic/access/answers/692229-diff-msaccess#post2752791
>
> Bjørnar

Erm, diffing isn't the topic here. I have a perfectly working diff-tool for mdb integrated in TSVN.

> Thanks so far, but that was the obvious part.

> You didn't quote the original question: You now know the file size
> changed dramatically by 20MB in revision r1234. What do you do with that
> information? Would you revert the change? Probably not, because it's
> there for a reason. Hopefully someone put that reason in the commit
> message and now you can read it.

> But what's the use of it? You could read that message without knowing
> the filesize.

> Please don't get me wrong. What I'd really like to know is, if this
> would be a helpful infomration for me as well. I'm also dealing with
> binary files in some of my repositories, but never felt the need to know
> the change in filesize.

> Felix

It really depends. Depending on who did the change I would like to speak to this person telling him that he potentially did something wrong so he will not do it a second time in the future. Other uses would indeed be reverting the changes from that revision. (very tedious task, running diffs against the "good" commits that followed to just revert the changes from this particular revision).

> You're still just stating *that* it helps you, not *why*. How does knowing
> which revision made 30MB's worth of changes help you? How do you act, based
> on that information?

> colonel32

Yea, basically same response as above. Just wanted to add that there is probably more information in (T)SVN that you don't always need. (Do you need the checkin time of each commit? Is it always relevant?).

Anyways. I do agree this is not something you would need everyday, but since I have found myself in a number of situations over the course of years where I had really appreciated being able to retrieve the info via a simple click/view.

Anyways, I am fine with the solution of a scripted task where I supply repo url and it gives me what I want. It's really just a matter of convenience and in the dev's hands.

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Received on 2010-07-15 15:18:39 CEST