Matt Pounsett <matt_at_conundrum.com> wrote on 01/09/2008 11:15:46 AM:
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> On 2008-Jan-09, at 11:57, kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com wrote:
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> >> That's a *revision* property, not a file property. Revision
> >> properties apply to the entire commit (svn:log, svn:author, and
> >> svn:date are the only ones that come to mind). The initial question
> >> in this thread was about a file property, which can't be changed the
> >> same way as a revprop.
> >
> > I realized this. I believe you can add arbitrary revision
> > properties. It would take more information stored in the
> > revision property, such as a filepath/version combo, but it should
> > still be possible (albeit highly unrecommended).
>
> It's possible I misunderstood the original thing you were trying to
> do, so just to clarify... as I understand it you're trying to
> implement per-file version numbers, right? So.. whenever file X gets
> modified, some property with a number in it gets advanced. Is this
> correct?
>
> If so, then advancing that number when its stored in a revision
> property is going to be a more complex task. You can't just retrieve
> the number by looking at the HEAD revision of that file.. you'll need
> to search back through the repository for the last time the file was
> modified, get that revision number, look up your custom version
> number from the revprop on that version, and then modify the revprop
> on the HEAD.
>
> Not impossible, but you're looking at a lot of work to do something
> you probably don't want to do anyway. :)
Well, it wasn't me who originally wanted to do it, I was just trying
to think up *different* ways to do it other than using a file property.
And I completely agree, the complexity of using a revision property
makes it highly unrecommended. Getting the last changed revision
isn't too bad, but it would probably take a separate utility to
help the user visualize the information on a per file basis, since
the info is now stored per revision and not per file, which
kinda defeats the whole purpose.
Kevin R.
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