hwri...@apache.org wrote on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 15:36:24 -0000: > Author: hwright > Date: Mon May 16 15:36:24 2011 > New Revision: 1103771 > > URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1103771&view=rev > Log: > Convert a bit of the recursive propget to use absolute paths, by doing path > relativifcation in the command line program, where it belongs. > > Note: I *think* this is backwards compatible, since we promise paths, but > don't specify absolute or relative in the docs. If somebody has an > alternative > interpretation, we can do the API-rev dance. > > * subversion/svn/propget-cmd.c > (print_properties): Make a relative path from an absolute one, if possible. > > * subversion/svn/propedit-cmd.c > (svn_cl__propedit): Fetch the property from the hash via absolute path.
How can it be a backwards compatible API change if you had to change the API consumer (the cmdline client)?