Stefan Sperling wrote on Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:44 +0200: > 5) Make the server send copyfrom args again (as it did in 1.5 times for > files during 'svn update'), but only during merges/(diffs?) and for > files and directories, with a heuristic that sends the correct copyfrom > source to the client. Allows 'svn merge' to record "correct" copyfrom > in the WC without overhead and conflicts, but implies additional > server-side processing. Also requires RA protocol changes. > My impression is that some of the code which was reverted in r1597989 > could be used for making this work. > This is probably a lot of effort but could be worth it.
Doesn't directly answer your question, but: If we do end up making the server send heuristic guesses to the client, could we please have them *explicitly* marked as such, so API consumers don't mistaken the heuristic guess for an accurate answer. Cheers, Daniel
