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SVN commit-function in web front-end?

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vonhessling+trac.edgewall.org at gmail

Oct 19, 2007, 11:04 AM

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SVN commit-function in web front-end?

Hi there,

I'm fairly new to Trac and want to use it for something unusual, I
guess: I'd like to take the "browse source" functionality and make it
also do commits. So, a web form with a "save" button that will commit
the current contents to the SVN. Trac doesn't support that right now,
but would it generally be possible to do that (or are there major
technical obstacles), and roughly how hard would it be?

Are there any other tools out there that would be better suited for my needs?

Thanks,

Andreas

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kantrn at rpi

Oct 19, 2007, 11:25 AM

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Re: SVN commit-function in web front-end? [In reply to]

If you want to edit documents online directly, something like SvnWiki
may be easier.

--Noah

On Oct 19, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Andreas wrote:

>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm fairly new to Trac and want to use it for something unusual, I
> guess: I'd like to take the "browse source" functionality and make it
> also do commits. So, a web form with a "save" button that will commit
> the current contents to the SVN. Trac doesn't support that right now,
> but would it generally be possible to do that (or are there major
> technical obstacles), and roughly how hard would it be?
>
> Are there any other tools out there that would be better suited for
> my needs?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andreas
>
> >
>

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jordi at bunster

Oct 19, 2007, 1:27 PM

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Re: SVN commit-function in web front-end? [In reply to]

On Oct 19, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Andreas wrote:

> I'm fairly new to Trac and want to use it for something unusual, I
> guess: I'd like to take the "browse source" functionality and make it
> also do commits. So, a web form with a "save" button that will commit
> the current contents to the SVN. Trac doesn't support that right now,
> but would it generally be possible to do that (or are there major
> technical obstacles), and roughly how hard would it be?

There's the obvious problem of the fact that commit is sometimes
interactive. You try to commit, but it turns out you're out of date,
have to "svn up" again, merge, and then finally commit. On a web
interface, seems somewhat difficult to do.

> Are there any other tools out there that would be better suited for
> my needs?

Subversion and your text editor?

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Jordi

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purnank at gmail

Oct 20, 2007, 12:21 AM

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Re: SVN commit-function in web front-end? [In reply to]

On Saturday 20 October 2007 01:57:03 Jordi Bunster wrote:
> On Oct 19, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Andreas wrote:
> > I'm fairly new to Trac and want to use it for something unusual, I
> > guess: I'd like to take the "browse source" functionality and make it
> > also do commits. So, a web form with a "save" button that will commit
> > the current contents to the SVN. Trac doesn't support that right now,
> > but would it generally be possible to do that (or are there major
> > technical obstacles), and roughly how hard would it be?
>
> There's the obvious problem of the fact that commit is sometimes
> interactive. You try to commit, but it turns out you're out of date,
> have to "svn up" again, merge, and then finally commit. On a web
> interface, seems somewhat difficult to do.

I am not sure if my theories are correct.
But possibly WebDAV access can be handy here.

The document loaded through the WebDAV from the repository would always be the
latest and you should be able to save it after modification.

The possible probelm with this approach here is that you might end up with
numerous revisions for a small editing session. Each save from the webdav
front end would result into a commit.

>
> > Are there any other tools out there that would be better suited for
> > my needs?
>
> Subversion and your text editor?
>
> --
> Jordi

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