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Re: XML interface to cvs
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Dan Langille |
Subject: |
Re: XML interface to cvs |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 05:21:44 -0500 |
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:05:56 -0700, James Knowles <address@hidden>
wrote:
> > The primary reason for wanting CVS repository data in XML format is for
> > data interrogation in order to populate a database.
>
> Ah! This is very useful information IMHO.
>
> Unfortunately I'm not aware of any pre-built softare that does this. Others
> may be able to complete my gap in knowledge.
>
> If there isn't, then:
>
> 1) If your needs are narrow, it seems it would be pretty simple to write a
> small wrapper around CVS. This could be run locally as a script or as a
> daemon listening on a port. (I'm assuming a Un*x environment where such
> things are common practice. Windows IMHO is a big pain in this area.)
Yes, it's *nix.
> 3) A simpler possibility if you need information to be collected upon commit
> (for example), one could trigger a program per the various "*info" files in
> CVSROOT.
That would be useful. But would make it difficult to add a new project.
When first starting off, you need to populate the database to get a
starting point. For ongoing data collection as the project proceeds, data
is collected from the mailing list messages produced upon each commit.
> 4) Others smarter than me probably have better ideas.
I want to avoid starting another project. If the feature/tool is there,
I'll use it and expand my own project. Adding and supporting another
project will only dilute my existing resource pool. But thanks.
- Re: Client CVS implementations ( was : Re: XML interface to cvs ), (continued)
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- Re: Client CVS implementations ( was : Re: XML interface to cvs ), Dan Langille, 2002/03/26
- Re: Client CVS implementations ( was : Re: XML interface to cvs ), Larry Jones, 2002/03/26
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