This thread is a die hard, but it is still the best conversation on the list
;)
sean.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Peter Ring
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:16 PM
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Subject: RE: merge mode for XML
I disargee. Doing this would force a policy onto CVS
users where such a policy isn't really necessary.
I think using extensions for any decision making is
bad.Don't you think it would be bad to force the
same diff/merge onto several files that had no
extension?
There's two
No. Not on extension, but based on *regular expressions*, or at least
shell-style pattern matching expressions. Extensions are too
simplistic. (c.f. CVSROOT/cvswrappers, CVSROOT/cvsignore)
Extensions would work fine, pattern matching is overkill.
Yes. Some mechanisms like
Yeah. That'd be a cool feature. But then, CVS will no longer be a
standalone program. If you move the repository to another server
where the modules are missing, how would you expect CVS to behave?
The plugins would be part of the module, so if you moved the module to
another CVS
No. Not on extension, but based on *regular
expressions*, or at least
shell-style pattern matching expressions.
Extensions are too
simplistic. (c.f. CVSROOT/cvswrappers, CVSROOT/cvsignore)
Extensions would work fine, pattern matching is overkill.
Neither is suitable
A better approach is to avoid XML entirely in the first place
-- it's a
really really horrid syntax with all kinds of goo that's usually way
over-kill for the application, being SGML based and all that
I agree that XML is overkill, but the truth is that it is here to stay.
XML is
), Sean Hager wrote: ]
Subject: merge mode for XML
Is there a merge mode or merge algorithm that works well
for XML files?
Doesn't diff3 work well enough?
XML files are more or less just text, right?
If the tags are all on separate lines, then regardless of whether
content
Is there a merge mode or merge algorithm that works well for XML files?
Any experience here?
Sean.
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