NAnt Subversion Tasks Ehnancement Proposal Rationale ========= Currently there are only a few Subversion tasks supported: * generic SVN task, * SVN update task, * SVN checkout task.
These tasks do not provide explicit support for some options (for example: "quiet") and do not cover all the tasks that are expected to be available for everyday's work. An idea ======= To circumvent current limitations of NAnt Subversion tasks it would be preferrable to redesign and rewrite SVN tasks from scratch (AFAIK they've been written to mimic CVS tasks, so maybe there are things that could be done better). I suggets implementing following types of SVN tasks: * generic SVN task (with syntax similar to <exec> task), * SVN update task, * SVN commit task, * SVN copy task. In next stages of development the above list should be extended with: * SVN checkout task, * SVN import task, * other tasks that NAnt users would like to have. In first stages of development all the interaction with Subversion should be done via the Subversion command line tool. In later stages, Subversion's client library could be used. Problems ======== One of the biggest problems are unit tests. They require either local test repository or some remote test repository. It is advisable that unit tests could be somehow configured not to run on machines that do not have proper configuration (for example: not having Subversion installed at all) or to create test environment themselves (for example: creating a test repository). Further proposals ================= I believe that this proposal should be discussed on NAntContrib mailing list. If NAnt users and developers want to have Subversion tasks rewritten and redesigned, I'll try to handle this task with pleasure. All help is of course greatly appreciated! If you feel that this message should be forwarded to Nant-developer mailing list or any particular person, please let me know. Best regards! Marcin ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ NAntContrib-Developer mailing list NAntContrib-Developer@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nantcontrib-developer
