From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:59:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] vcs-svn: implement prop-delta handling.
Message-ID: <20101012225932.GG15587@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <1286891424-2067-7-git-send-email-david.barr@cordelta.com>

David Barr wrote:

> [Subject:  vcs-svn: implement prop-delta handling.]
>
> By testing against the Apache Software Foundation
> repository, some simple rules for decoding prop
> deltas were derived.
> 
> 'Node-action: replace' implies the empty prop set
> as the base for the delta.
> Otherwise, if a copyfrom source is given that node
> forms the basis for the delta.
> Lastly, if the destination path exists in the active
> revision it forms the basis.

These rules are used for text deltas, too, right?  Probably
worth mentioning the new (placeholder) fast_export_blob()
parameter in the commit message.