Re: Weird shallow-tree conversion state, and branches of shallow trees

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Apr 16, 2007, 19:41 UTC
Message-ID: <7vwt0crts2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <200704161003.07679.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Sunday 2007 April 15 21:51, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>> > Now, I print out that diagram and pin it to my wall - sometimes copies
>> > of it are given to others.  I do this on a regular basis.
>>
>> And is there *any* reason why you don't just do that as an "export"
>> option, when it's very clear that people won't send diffs that include it
>
> Of course there is a reason - the file I edit is the SVG itself, in inkscape 
> while editing that file I press "print" to get a print out.  Why on earth 
> would I want to jump through hoops by closing the file I'm editing, running 
> some export script to a temporary file that I don't want, then open up 
> Inkscape again, check the export looks okay and then print - on what planet 
> is /that/ simpler?

I have one question.

In your workflow, when do you "print"?

If you did this:

	$ cvs update draw.svg
        $ inkscape draw.svg
        ... do more editing
        ... press "PRINT"
	$ cvs diff draw.svg

the final "cvs diff" would say you have such and such changes to the drawing file you just printed since the checked-in version. However, doesn't "$Id: ... $" embedded in the printed copy say it is from the last checked-in version?

Is inkscape aware of the "$Id: ... $" keyword and modifies such string by munging it to "$Id: ..., modified $", once you make a local modification to the document? Otherwise you cannot tell if the printed copy is pristine and match what the $Id$ keyword claims it is.

Or maybe in your workflow, such a local modification may not actually matter because you made a habit of not making a drastic edit before printing.

Or perhaps maybe you never print a locally modified copy.

Does Inkscape have a batch mode operation? It might be an option to have something like this in the Makefile if it does (I do not know if it does, and if so what the syntax is, so this is totally made up):

        print:: draw.svg
                describe=$(git describe HEAD) && \
                git cat-file -p HEAD:draw.svg | \
                sed -e 's/$$Id$$/$$Id: '"$$described"'/g' | \
                inkscape --print --stdin
	.PHONY: print