Author: jcorvel
Date: Sun Sep 25 08:59:12 2011
New Revision: 1175336
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1175336&view=rev
Log:
* publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html
(svnlook-filesize): Mention that it's a constant time operation, and
elaborate a bit on the typical use-case.
Suggested by: danielsh (the constant-time bit)
Modified:
subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html
Modified: subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html?rev=1175336&r1=1175335&r2=1175336&view=diff
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--- subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html (original)
+++ subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html Sun Sep 25 08:59:12 2011
@@ -815,7 +815,11 @@ more useful for quick reference.
</h4>
<p>A new <tt>svnlook filesize</tt> subcommand has been added.
It returns the size of a given path in the repository, for
-a given revision or transaction.</p>
+a given revision or transaction. This is a constant-time operation
+regardless of the size of the file. In pre-commit hooks wanting to
+block commits with too large files, <tt>svnlook filesize</tt> can now
+be used instead of the much more costly workaround via
+<tt>svnlook cat</tt>.</p>
</div> <!-- svnlook-filesize -->
