Chris A Mattmann wrote on Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 20:54:13 -0700: > Hi Daniel, > > On Jun 28, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > >> > >> Yeah something like this is what I was thinking about with Greg. Like > >> wouldn't > >> it be nice if I could define something like: > >> > >> property: svn:external-ignores:foodir > >> value: *.pyc > >> > >> Then when pulling in an svn:external named foodir, we could check to see > >> if this > >> property was defined and then filter on incoming files using the svn:ignore > >> value for it. > >> > > > > Or > > > > svn propset svn:ignore 'external-dir/*.pyc' ./ > > > > (which nicely parallels the fact that svn:externals can be set at > > a non-immediate parent) > > Yep, +1, this would be cool. Any pointers in the right direction and I might > even be able to dust off some of my C skillz to make it happen (not anytime > soon, but would be willing to try). Where would I even start? >
The right libraries are libsvn_client and libsvn_wc. (The latter has been undergoing a massive rewrite in the last year+.) Look for functions that handle SVN_PROP_IGNORE and SVN_PROP_EXTERNALS. Feel free to pop on IRC (#svn-dev on freenode) if you have any questions. > Thanks for any help. > > Cheers, > Chris > > Daniel (sorry for giving a non-specific pointer; I don't know the wc library well enough by heart)
