On Jan 21, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Matt Benson wrote:
--- Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I haven't been in the internals of Ant for a while, my apologies. I recall this coming up before.... any objections to changing how <fileset> handles excludesfile (and I'm assuming includesfile) such that existence of the file is not mandatory?
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+0 but looks like you could use available + if/unless of excludesfile elements in the meantime; I hesitate to presume you didn't know that, but I didn't until I just looked. :)
I hadn't thought about that option, so thanks for reminding me!
It still seems silly to error on a missing includes/excludes file, sort of like erroring on a missing properties file with <property file="missing_file.properties"/>
I think it makes sense on excludesfile (as it is implicitly excluded), but not includesfile
On the subject of propertyfile, sometimes I wish there was a way of saying "must-exist" on a property; still, I suppose that is what macrodef is for.
On the subject of macrodef, can I express my admiration to whoever added <condition> to <fail>; it makes life a lot easier...
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