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Re: parsing loginfo
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: parsing loginfo |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Feb 2002 00:52:24 -0500 (EST) |
Rob Helmer writes:
>
> If loginfo is specified like this : %{ sVv} then the output is like :
>
> sandbox/blah test ,space file.txt,1.12,1.13
>
> instead of :
>
> sandbox/blah test space file.txt,1.12,1.13
[...]
> Anyone know why this works? Is this unintended or not?
When the loginfo processor encounters an unknown format character, it
inserts an empty field. The assumption is that there's a newer version
of CVS running on the same repository that defines a new format
character that this version doesn't know about. In order to avoid
screwing up the loginfo script by giving it a line with the wrong number
of fields, it inserts a field, but leaves it empty since it doesn't have
a clue what to put in it.
-Larry Jones
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