[SVN-4753] SVN viewspec feature

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Julian Foad
• Created: 22/Jun/18 15:43
• Updated: 22/Jun/18 15:50

Description

A "view spec" feature has often been requested to control the "shape" of a checkout - for example, to selectively exclude and include subdirectories to make a sparse WC.

Several of the pieces needed now exist:

• experimental "svn info --viewspec" command outputs a view spec describing the current WC shape:
  • http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-dev/201711.mbox/%3C006e01d3652a%240482f740%240d88e5c0%24%40qqmail.nl%3E
• the old script tools/client-side/svn-viewspec.py takes a view spec as input and creates a checkout
  • inefficient - it downloads everything first and then deletes the unwanted bits
• an ugly hack for doing a view spec checkout efficiently is described here:
  • http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-dev/201803.mbox/%3C878tapdpy8.fsf%40codematters.co.uk%3E

Issue Links

• is blocked by: SVN-4051 No user interface for 'checkout all dirs except foo'