Paul Burba wrote on Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 17:36:43 -0500: > 2011/2/10 Branko Čibej <br...@e-reka.si>: > > On 10.02.2011 20:25, Paul Burba wrote: > >>> Author: danielsh > >>> Date: Wed Nov 10 21:02:46 2010 > >>> New Revision: 1033709 > >>> > >>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1033709&view=rev > >>> Log: > >>> Add a regression test for 'svn patch' setting properties without > >>> trailing newlines. This could be useful, for example, to transmit > >>> 'svn:eol-style' properties via 'svn patch' without appending a newline > >>> to the property value en route. > >> Hi Daniel, > >> > >> This test seems to be checking if 'svn patch' can apply a property > >> value with no trailing newline, but is there even a way to represent > >> such a property in the unidiff format? > >> > >> Your test creates this patch: > >> > >> [[[ > >> Index: . > >> =================================================================== > >> diff --git a/subversion/branches/1.6.x b/subversion/branches/1.6.x > >> --- a/subversion/branches/1.6.x (revision 1033278) > >> +++ b/subversion/branches/1.6.x (working copy) > >> > >> Property changes on: subversion/branches/1.6.x > >> ___________________________________________________________________ > >> Modified: svn:mergeinfo > >> Merged /subversion/trunk:r964349 > >> Added: k > >> ## -0,0 +1 ## > >> +v > >> \ No newline at end of property > >> ]]] > >> > >> But what is '\ No newline at end of property'? Is that standard? I'm > >> only familiar with the special line '\ No newline at end of file'. > > > > The magical token is the \ at the beginning of the line. The rest of the > > line can be random text as far as patch is concerned, and indeed, > > translations will localize that text. > > Hi Brane, > > Thanks for the info. I was under the impression that '\ No newline at > end of file' was special: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff#Unified_format ... but I hear you > can't believe everything you read on the Internet ;-) > > Regardless, my original question for Daniel still holds: > > This test seems to be checking if 'svn patch' can apply a property > value with no trailing newline, but is there even a way to represent > such a property in the unidiff format? >
'patch' can create a file with one line and no trailing newline by using the \ syntax; I assume the same syntax (save for s/@@/##/g) would work for properties. > If there is not, then I don't see how this test is valid (in the sense > that it is never going to pass). > > Paul
