Hello everybody, I wish to write a patch that would perform a lookup on missing targets when SVN_ERR_ILLEGAL_TARGET occurs and would display a suggested correction to the path alongside the error message.
Suggested implementation: the algorithm will identify which part of the path is valid (starting from root), substitute the invalid element with other directories found in the path (not recursive) and test if that makes the path a valid target. I don't see a simple method for suggesting corrections to mistyped files without a full-fledged autocorrection engine, therefore only the directories can be substituted. The implementation I proposed above is hopefully simple enough to not warrant a drawn out debate on what kinds of mistakes in the path and in what way should be handled before receiving a go-ahead. Feel free to respond with any objections or suggestions. Maybe I'm spoiled by modern C compilers literally writing code for me when I make a typo but this missing feature really irks me for some reason. I'm glad to contribute a proper autocorrection system server-side instead of my simple algorithm if my imagined opposition to the idea turns out to be, in fact, imaginary. I reckon the problem of rating strings by similarity is a solved problem in computing and there is a properly-licensed library to plug into the codebase or an open-source algorithm at the least.
