On 04/03/2008, Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 07:26:58AM +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > > So what do you expect debcheckout to do? Checkout the working copy (at > > least partially) and then leave you with the file you requested? Thats a > > way this could work, because we need to workaround the fact that the > > different VCSes do not understand single file checkout. > > > My suggestion for implementing this would be: > > - try to have a consistent API cross-VCS (after all this is what > debcheckout is about) > - IF the given VCS has support for single file checkout (e.g. svn) > checkout the single file > - ELSE checkout in a `mktemp -d` and copy the file in the expected > directory
That reminds me the right word for that action: export :) And yes, all I want is the single watch file or an error exit status if the file doesn't exist. I'm aware of the different was the different vcs' work hence the request for this feature :) > > Cheers. > > > -- > Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ............... now what? > [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -<%>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ > (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ? /\ All one has to do is hit the > (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema \/ right keys at the right time > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHzQZgZN5jenMUa9QRAqnsAJ9vRaN+3bybTDTzMAE56dXc+xdFFQCfQWlg > MfqPx3e6AxgK1EqYQBT6mgw= > =60Pb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Cheers, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Say NO to Microsoft Office broken standard. See http://www.noooxml.org/petition -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
