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Re: Fwd: vc-svn.el and "the underscore hack"
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Fwd: vc-svn.el and "the underscore hack" |
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Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:29:23 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
>> Would someone like to work on this? There is a proposed patch
>> in the second message.
> I have tested this now on both windows and Gentoo GNU/Linux and have
> not encountered any issues. However I have recently been using
> psvn.el from http://www.xsteve.at/prg/emacs/psvn.el and in that file
> they are using a defun to set the svn admin directory name. The
> function checks for environment to determine which directory name to
> use (.svn or _svn). That looks like a better way to do it than what I
> did in my patch. I will attempt to make a similar change to vc-svn.el
> and submit a patch if there are no objections.
> I do have one question, is this list the correct place to post that
> patch or should it be sent to the subversion people. vc-svn.el
> indicates that this file is maintained here. I just wanted to make
> sure I send it to the right place.
As mentioned elsewhere the ".foo -> _foo" transformation is not specific to
Subversion and/or Emacs, so I think we should not handle it specially in
vc-svn.el but instead in a more generic way, maybe directly in the C code or
at least by providing a function that handles it.
Stefan
- Re: Fwd: vc-svn.el and "the underscore hack",
Stefan Monnier <=