Thank you for refining the presentation of moved-not-deleted files. Is this code now integrated into the primary trunk, or at least is that the intention? My question when I went to do commits for these moves just became, "how do I ensure I continue to use the improved code".
Thanks again, ^K on Dec 17, 2012, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > > > >On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:12 PM, K <k...@lightpowered.org> wrote: > > > > > >However, I'm still curious why files must split upon move? > >It isn't a requirement. The page is simply showing all artifacts that >represent a >file with a given name. That is one way to slice the data. You are wanting >to track >a file throughout its revision history and through name changes. That is a >different >way to slice the data. Both views are useful. > > > >The "file-by-name" view is currently used because it is the simplest to >implement, >in several ways. (1) The file you want to look at has a unique name, so you >just >include that name as a query parameter on the URL. (2) You can look up all >changes >by querying the database once by that name. > > > >File-history-through-name-changes is more complicated. For example, how do >you specify >what file you want to look at in the URL. You cannot just say "file1.txt" any >more, >because two or more different files might have passed through that name during >their >history. I suppose you would have to specify the filename and a particular >check-in >at which the file had that particular name. So you have two query parameters >instead >of one. Then down in the implementation, it is now necessary to query the >database >again for each name-change. This all adds up to more complication. Since >nobody >has (yet) requested file-history-through-name-changes, it was easier just to >leave >it out. > > > > > > > >Issue #1 still exists btw. > >Fixed in the latest check-in. >-- >D. Richard Hipp >d...@sqlite.org > > > >_______________________________________________ >fossil-users mailing list >fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
