On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Peter W. Draper wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> no need to worry, these files are just annoying as they mess up the result
> from svnversion, not an issue for subversion itself.
>
> Svnversion is a command that just looks at all the files in your checked out
> source and outputs some number that is supposed to represent the state. If
> all the source files match the repository state (from the last checkout) then
> you just get a single number, which means you know what was built.
>
> As for fixing the ANT problem, I expect I could work around it, but at some
> extra maintenance cost, so it's not a high priority.
OK thanks. svnversion does sound like a handy tool to have, but if
I ended up using it I'd be happy to do something like wrap it in a
script that replaces the offending files while it runs, so yes,
fine to leave it somewhere on the to-do list that's never going to
reach the top.
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Mark Taylor Astronomical Programmer Physics, Bristol University, UK
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