Thanks for the suggestion. I need to modify the SVN source code for a project, so I need to look through and understand the source code.
I am now working on understanding the flow when a user is doing a commit, what exactly happens in the SVN client, and what exactly happens in the SVN server, in the code level. Bo On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Ben Reser <b...@reser.org> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Bo Chen <bo.irvine.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am struggling to locate the source code by which the SVN client can > > transfer the delta to the server upon a commit operation. Can anyone > give me > > some hints for it, e.g., which source file file is responsible to > > transferring the delta (after the delta has been computed) to the server > ? > > 1) You might find using gdb a lot easier than trying to follow the > source. Just build SVN with --enable-maintainer-mode and then do `gdb > -args svn commit -mm`. Set a breakpoint on wherever you want to start > following and off you go. > > 2) Maybe it would be better if you told us what you're trying to > figure out than just asking us where the code is? We might be able to > just answer it. >
