On 05.01.2012 11:32, Julian Foad wrote: > Branko wrote: >> [...] you have to define which of the properties must have values >> that are unique within the given repository; what is the primary key; > OK, let's say: > > The "svn:author:authn-id" value is the primary key, and so is unique within a > [Subversion repository | Subversion server ?].
Ha, but svn:author currently fills that role. So why add another property? > The administrator must configure the Subversion server to perform a mapping > from "svn:author" value to the primary key, typically the trivial "x -> x" > mapping but another example could extract "1234" from "John Doe (1234)". That seems less than optimal. Your specification changes the meaning of svn:author. Do you intend this to cater to the installations that are already abusing and overloading svn:author? -- Brane
