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Re: Keyword expansion confusion

From: Erik Huelsmann <ehuels_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:38:58 +0100

On Feb 1, 2008 4:30 PM, Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "David" == David Aldrich <david.aldrich_at_t-modus.nec.co.uk> writes:
>
> David> Hi John
> >> Keyword expansion is performed by the client software when a file
> >> is checked out (or exported). The web interface is not a client
> >> in the same sense and hence does not expand keywords. The
> >> keywords are stored in the repository unexpanded (which is what
> >> you are seeing).
>
> David> Thanks for the explanation. I wondered if that was what is
> David> happening but guessed (wrongly) that expansion would happen at
> David> commit time. I'm surprised that a web interface view is not
> David> necessarily the same as a client view.
>
> David> Presumably ViewVC (which we don't have set up for Subversion
> David> at the moment) is a true client and would perform expansion?

It's not a user of the libsvn_wc libraries, instead, it uses
repository access APIs to access the repository content for browsing.
libsvn_wc is where keyword expansion happens, however.

HTH,

Erik.

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