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Re: set referer for svn:externals?

From: <kfogel_at_collab.net>
Date: 2003-10-10 15:28:06 CEST

Holger Krekel <pyth@devel.trillke.net> writes:
> i wondered if it wouldn't be nice to set the 'http-referer' field
> when doing (the first of the) requests based on 'svn:externals'.
> This would help to track which stuff is used from where. I see
> externals as a wonderful way for developers to share code/modules
> in a very inexpensive way. There will be more and more svn-repositories
> and having backreferences gives some interesting clues (down to
> the level where you can see how your API is used).

That is a really interesting idea -- never thought of that!

I can't say it is likely to be anyone's highest priority right now.
But if you'd like to file a Post-1.0 enhancement request in the issue
tracker, that would be great. (If someone who knows the HTTP spec
well knows a reason why this feature would be totally inappropriate,
please make a noise...)

-Karl

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