On 05/10/2012 06:21 AM, Ivan Zhakov wrote: > It seems that ra_serf unconditionally retrieves properties using > PROPFIND for *all* added files:
Yup, that's what I said. :-)
> subversion\libsvn_ra_serf\update.c:1633 (start_report)
> [[[
> else if ((state == OPEN_DIR || state == ADD_DIR) &&
> strcmp(name.name, "add-file") == 0)
> {
> const char *file_name, *cf, *cr;
> report_info_t *info;
>
> file_name = svn_xml_get_attr_value("name", attrs);
> cf = svn_xml_get_attr_value("copyfrom-path", attrs);
> cr = svn_xml_get_attr_value("copyfrom-rev", attrs);
>
> if (!file_name)
> {
> return svn_error_create(
> SVN_ERR_RA_DAV_MALFORMED_DATA, NULL,
> _("Missing name attr in add-file element"));
> }
>
> info = push_state(parser, ctx, ADD_FILE);
>
> info->base_rev = SVN_INVALID_REVNUM;
> info->fetch_props = TRUE;
> info->fetch_file = TRUE;
> ]]]
>
> Do you know why?
"We've always done it that way." :-)
Seriously, this decision is so old that I can't remember its reasoning. It
could be because there are *always* some properties of interest on added
files, therefore no reason to conditionalize the fetch. Even if there are
no user-defined props, the "entry props" for last-committed-rev,
last-committed-author, etc. need to be fetched.
One easy improvement we could make would be to amend the protocol to go
ahead and pass directly those "entry props" for added files, too, and to
return to using the <fetch-props/> tag for added files that have
user-defined props set. On the client side, the mere presence of
<set-prop>...</set-prop> for an added object would mean "Don't assume that
you need to fetch properties because I'm giving some of them to you
directly", and of course the presence of the <fetch-props/> tag would then
indicate "...but in this case, please go ahead and fetch them all".
Such a change would also open the door for us passing *all* the properties
for added objects inline in the future if we wish: just
<set-prop>...</set-prop> them all and *don't* include the <fetch-props/>
indicator.
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C. Michael Pilato <cmpil...@collab.net>
CollabNet <> www.collab.net <> Enterprise Cloud Development
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