On 27.01.2012 11:50, Julian Foad wrote: > Paul Burba wrote: > >> See http://wiki.apache.org/subversion/InheritedProperties for what I'm >> envisioning. > I've added some notes to the Wiki page. > > We need to see how we'd implement a reasonable system of svn:ignores and > auto-props using the proposed inheritable properties system. The ability to > see the inherited value and then merge in a child-defined value > (adding/subtracting/overriding semantic sub-elements within the property > value) is essential if we're going to implement these features using > properties with semantics like the existing 'svn:ignores'. To do that, we > will need APIs that can fetch the inherited value and the explicitly defined > value for the same path as two separate values, so that the client code can > combine them according to its own rules.
No, you need to give the inherited properties that carry server-dictated configuration a different name, don't you think? Whether the merging is then done server-side or client-side is almost a bikeshed. -- Brane
