Re: SVN log --xml version omits line count
sebb <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 19:01, Daniel Sahlberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Den tis 5 mars 2024 kl 18:09 skrev sebb <[email protected]>: >> >> I would expect svn log --xml to include all the same info as the >> non-xml version, but that is not the case. The number of lines changed >> is not visible in the xml version. > > > The figure is the number of lines in the log message, not the number of changed lines in the commit. Duh! That makes sense now. >> >> >> Is that intentional? >> >> If so, why? > > > One could imagine that a parser of the text output would like to know the number of lines to read before expecting the next log message. (Looking for "------------------------------------------------------------------------" could break down if someone has that exact string in a log message). Indeed, that had occurred to me as a potential parsing issue. > With XML, there is no need to know how long the log message is; a well-behaved parser should be able to find out. > > Kind regards, > Daniel Thanks for the quick response. >> >> Sebb >> Sample outputs below >> ----------------------------- >> >> $ svn log https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/NOTICE -r1914220 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> r1914220 | hartmannathan | 2023-11-30 04:47:33 +0000 (Thu, 30 Nov >> 2023) | 6 lines >> >> Update copyright year to 2023. >> >> * NOTICE, >> * subversion/libsvn_subr/version.c (svn_version_extended): >> Bump copyright year to 2023. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> $ svn log https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/NOTICE >> -r1914220 --xml >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <log> >> <logentry >> revision="1914220"> >> <author>hartmannathan</author> >> <date>2023-11-30T04:47:33.883414Z</date> >> <msg>Update copyright year to 2023. >> >> * NOTICE, >> * subversion/libsvn_subr/version.c (svn_version_extended): >> Bump copyright year to 2023. >> </msg> >> </logentry> >> </log>