[svk-devel] How to find out if a file (or dir) is under SVK control?

[Jesse Vincent]

On Jul 27, 2007, at 5:14 AM, G. Milde wrote:

> Dear SVK developers,
>
> I'd like to add SVK to the VC systems supported by the `vc-mode`_ of
> the Jed_ programmers editor.
> The mode is implemented in Jed's extension language S-Lang. Currently,
> CVS and SVN are supported.
>
> To add SVK support, I need to find out whether a specified file or
> directory is under version control with SVK.
>
> Currently,
>
> * For directories I check the presence of a "CVS" or ".svn" subdir.
> * For files, it looks for a pattern containing the file in the
>   "CVS/Entries" or ".svn/entries" file.
>
> For fast response, I would prefer looking for patterns in a given file
> (under ~/.svk) over calling an svk command.
>
> What would I have to look for (and where)?

Well, for a first approximation, you can look at .svk/cache/ 
dir_name_with_underscores

IIRC, The file will contain a list of all files checked out from that  
directory.

I can't speak to how reliable this method is, though.

Best,
Jesse



>
> Thanks,
>
> Guenter Milde
>
> .. _vc-mode: http://jedmodes.sf.net/mode/svn/
> .. _Jed: http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/
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