On Mar 18, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Michael Barrow wrote:
> I'm trying to make a URL with a link to directly download something
> from the repository. By navigating through the "Files" interface, I
> eventually see the "Download" link and could definitely use this.
> However, I have a question: what's the purpose of the "name=XX" at
> the end of the URL. For example,
> http://server/repo/raw/path1/path2/file.c?name=22
The "22" is a semi-transient rowid on an internal table (semi-
transient in the sense that it is different on each repository and
probably changes when you "rebuild"). Allowing rowids in this context
is bad design, it seems to me. This is something I am working to fix.
You can substitute the 40-character hex "artifact ID" for the "22"
here - or any unique prefix of the artifact ID. For example:
http://server/repo/raw/path1/path2/file.c?name=cfa2bf991fb8
Note that the "/path1/path2/file.c" part of the URL is currently only
used to determine the mimetype and suggested filename for the
download. That too might change in the future so that the "/path1/
path2/file.c" carries more meaning and plays a bigger role in
selecting the object to be downloaded. For example, it should
probably allow:
http://server/repo/raw/path1/path2/file.c?name=release
... in order to download the latest version of path1/path2/file.c that
appears in a check-in tagged with "release". It should, but it
doesn't. At least not yet...
D. Richard Hipp
d...@hwaci.com
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