Branko Čibej <br...@wandisco.com> writes: > Let's please have the rules documented in the wiki, then we can comment > on them. > >> * Select the path rule(s) that cover the largest section of the path. >> This is what we do today and there can be only one such match >> w/o the use of wildcards. >> >> * If there is more than one such rule, apply the one declared last. >> This seems to be the easiest rule to follow and understand. > > Well, I disagree, I'd expect an exact match to override a wildcard match.
That seems reasonable but raises the expectation that there is a more general order for wildcards. Given a path: /A/B/C/D is either of the patterns: /A/B/C/* /*/B/C/D an override for the pattern: /*/*/*/* ? Does either of the patterns /A/*/*/D and /*/B/C/* override the other? If we choose and release some simple wildcard behaviour how easy will it be to implement more sophisticated behaviour in future releases? -- Philip Martin | Subversion Committer WANdisco // *Non-Stop Data*
