Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 06:08:15PM +0100, Branko Čibej wrote: > >> Every couple of years someone comes up with a proposal like this, and it >> usually ends with a client-side hooks idea. Beh. Subversion is a version >> control system, not a build systam. If you want "current global >> revision" to label your builds, use Hudson or Buildbot or the dozon >> other build automation systems that are integrated with Subversion. >> > > Please don't confuse client-side hooks with the "global revision number" > question. I was suggesting to run svnversion from such a hook which > answers quite a different question. > > Client-side hooks can do very interesting things. > I've seen people pick TortoiseSVN as their only client because it has this > feature. Just like server-side hooks, it allows for a higher degree of > automation and can reduce the error rate of the software development > process if used right. It would be a useful feature for the CLI client. >
Ah, OK, that's a different story then. Such a client-side hook API should live in libsvn_client. But ... as soon as I start thinking about such an API, it suddenly expands into a framework that takes over a lot of stuff that we're currently doing on the client side, e.g., keyword substitution and similar. Externals (shudder). Time to stop overengineering ... -- Brane
