Re: Weird shallow-tree conversion state, and branches of shallow trees

[Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>]

On Monday 2007, April 16, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> In your workflow, when do you "print"?

After a save and commit.  Otherwise - as you point out, the id is wrong.

> the final "cvs diff" would say you have such and such changes to
> the drawing file you just printed since the checked-in version.
> However, doesn't "$Id: ... $" embedded in the printed copy say
> it is from the last checked-in version?

Yep.  You will get no argument from me that keywords are by no means 
definitive.

> Is inkscape aware of the "$Id: ... $" keyword and modifies such
> string by munging it to "$Id: ..., modified $", once you make a

Nope.  Inkscape knows nothing about the expansion.  However, even if I 
wasn't careful to only print out checked in files, it would still 
narrow down the possible versions to one of two.

> local modification to the document?  Otherwise you cannot tell
> if the printed copy is pristine and match what the $Id$ keyword
> claims it is.

Correct.  Every user of keywords is aware that the keyword doesn't 
update all the time - in fact there's nothing to stop you changing the 
keyword yourself to an utter lie.  I think the assumption is that you 
aren't fighting your own tools though.

> Or maybe in your workflow, such a local modification may not
> actually matter because you made a habit of not making a drastic
> edit before printing.

Yep.

> Or perhaps maybe you never print a locally modified copy.

Yep.  In fact, for me, most of the time I'm printing a diagram that was 
checked in a number of revisions ago.  It's not the case that I 
modify-print.  However, that's just me.

> Does Inkscape have a batch mode operation?  It might be an
> option to have something like this in the Makefile if it does (I
> do not know if it does, and if so what the syntax is, so this is
> totally made up):

I think it does as it happens; and your little script is just the sort 
of thing I will use when I get around to fixing this hole.

However, it's missing the point to take my example as an unsolved 
problem - there are plenty of ways I can get what I want; I brought it 
up merely as a counter to the statement that there were no valid 
situations for wanting keyword expansion.



Andy

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