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Re: merge mode for XML
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Lee Sau Dan |
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Re: merge mode for XML |
Date: |
08 May 2002 10:17:54 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Sean" == Sean Hager <address@hidden> writes:
>> No. Not on extension, but based on *regular expressions*, or
>> at least shell-style pattern matching expressions. Extensions
>> are too simplistic. (c.f. CVSROOT/cvswrappers,
>> CVSROOT/cvsignore)
Sean> Extensions would work fine, pattern matching is overkill.
But the code is already there (for cvswrappers and cvsignore). So,
why not reuse it? I don't think that would cost more development
time.
Moreover, having used Unix for 10 years, I'm more accustomed to
shell-style wildcards (not DOS style!) as well as regular expressions
rather than a simple "suffix" matching. Moreover, many Unix users do
use more sophisticated naming patterns than the simplistic "name
extension". I think this is why wildcards are supported for
cvswrappers and cvsignore.
>> Yes. Some mechanisms like ~/.mime.types plus ~/.mailcap would
>> be desirable. But one more complication would be the version
>> of these external programs. Maybe, CVS needs to keep track of
>> which version of the tools were used for which file revisions,
>> so as to reliably and faithfully reproduce any snapshot.
Sean> This is a bit more overkill. Admins should test and make
Sean> backups before changing diff/merge programs during
Sean> production.
Being able to override those settings comes in handy in many
situations. And again, that's not at all an overkill. It's easy to
implement, and it's already implemented for "~/.cvsrc".
Sean> Even still, most updates in diff/merge programs
Sean> would be to fix bugs and would not dramatically change the
Sean> program functionality.
Putting such a high requirement on the diff/merge tools may limit the
practical usefulness of this proposed architecture.
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Lee Sau Dan 李守敦(Big5) address@hidden(HZ)
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Home page: http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee
- RE: merge mode for XML, (continued)
- RE: merge mode for XML, Greg A. Woods, 2002/05/06
- RE: merge mode for XML, Paul Sander, 2002/05/04
- Re: merge mode for XML, Eric Siegerman, 2002/05/03
- RE: merge mode for XML, Paul Sander, 2002/05/04
- RE: merge mode for XML, Noel Yap, 2002/05/04
Re: merge mode for XML, Mark A. Flacy, 2002/05/03
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