Re: Windows hook extensions: documentation inconsistent with code

Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Mar 26, 2006, at 17:03, Darko Miletic wrote:
>
> So it sounds Subversion should be rewritten to use PATHEXT, and the
> book should be rewritten to reflect that this is the case?
>

It could be done this way. It is important to note that it only works on
windows NT/2k/Xp/2003, older versions of windows work in different manner.

> Are there any situations in which PATHEXT could be empty or
> inappropriate, such that Subversion would still need a fall-back to a
> hard-coded extension list like it does now?

It is possible to check the content of PATHEXT. If it is empty than
fallback to internal extension list.

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Received on Sun Mar 26 21:18:38 2006