Windows 10 version 1709 added a new “Cloud Files API”, for use by file synchronization services such as OneDrive:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cfapi/build-a-cloud-file-sync-engine One of the things that caught my attention in the documentation of that API is this section: “Shell integration - State icons: - The cloud files API provides standardized, automatic hydration state icons shown in File Explorer and on the Windows desktop. - In addition to the standard Windows state icons used for hydration state, you can provide custom state icons for additional service-specific properties. - Replaces legacy icon overlay Shell extensions.” An example of how to register such a “custom state icon” appears to be given in https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-classic-samples/blob/master/Samples/CloudMirror/CloudMirror/CustomStateProvider.cpp Microsoft clearly does not love the “legacy” overly-icon mechanism in Explorer very much: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20091209-00/?p=15723 With its restriction to just 11 available icon slots, and the resulting frequent collisions with the icons of other “cloud file” applications, overlay icons have long been one of the main trouble spots for TortoiseSVN/GIT users. Would it be feasible to somehow use a tiny part of this new Cloud Files API and its ability to display custom status icons for files as an alternative to indicate the version-control status of working directory files and folders? Markus -- Markus Kuhn, Department of Computer Science and Technology https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ | University of Cambridge -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TortoiseSVN-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn-dev/63ba3892-c9d6-476b-8dc3-dd1c76b7c857n%40googlegroups.com.
