RE: Square brackets in file names and authz (in VisualSVN 2.5.5)

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The problem with using a ‘\’ would be that you break the ‘\’ character in existing files to fix ‘]’.

Things might be simpler when defining that lines that start with ‘[‘ and end with ‘]’ should parse everything in between as section markers.

But then, I don’t know how that affects the current comment syntax.

We should really check the source before making a decision.

                Bert

From: Jason Heeris [mailto:jason.heeris_at_gmail.com]
Sent: donderdag 12 juli 2012 11:37
To: Johan Corveleyn
Cc: Matthew Pounsett; users_at_subversion.apache.org
Subject: Re: Square brackets in file names and authz (in VisualSVN 2.5.5)

On 12 July 2012 17:28, Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com> wrote:

I think the only character that causes problems is ']' (which ends the

section name parsing). It seems not too hard to change that parsing
function to make it handle some kind of escape sequence for ']'
(perhaps ']]'). Would you care to write a patch [2]?

I doubt I'll have time to write a patch any time in the next few days, but I'll file the bug now and take a look at writing a patch next week.

I'd suggest avoiding inconsistencies like the double-]. I certainly wouldn't think to try that. It might be better to use a backslash sequence, or simply capture everything up to the *last* "]" on a line instead of the first. I don't think that would be more complex than needing to detect a "]]" ...but then, I haven't written the patch :P

— Jason
Received on 2012-07-12 11:46:42 CEST