RE: merge mode for XML

[Sean Hager]

>
> > > 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)
> >
> > Extensions would work fine, pattern matching is overkill.
>
> Neither is suitable or sufficient.
>
> The actual type must be explicitly recorded in every delta,
> or at least
> the initial delta and every delta following a "dead" delta.
>


on earth, extension matching would be fine.  Unless you have rogue
developers that "try" and break the system by changing file formation while
keeping extensions the same (save it as a jpg, but it is really a gif
format) you should not have a problem.  If you do have rogue developers, or
even developers that can't follow simple instructions such as "hey, if it is
not a jpeg then don't save it as a jpeg!" then you have much larger
problems.
ie. maybe the inmates of San Quinton do not make the idea
development team.


sean.