tests/svn-safe-append.py
author Kevin Bullock <kbullock@ringworld.org>
Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:06:43 -0600
branchstable
changeset 18699 7d66a44e87ed
parent 6439 c1b47c0fd2b6
child 29195 bdba6a2015d0
permissions -rwxr-xr-x
mergetools: refine vimdiff warning message We explicitly redraw before echoing the message so that it simply displays at the bottom of the window. Also simplifies the message printing by using 'echomsg' (which uses 'echohl' internally) and adds the names of the software involved for improved Googleability.

#!/usr/bin/env python

__doc__ = """Same as `echo a >> b`, but ensures a changed mtime of b.
Without this svn will not detect workspace changes."""

import sys, os

text = sys.argv[1]
fname = sys.argv[2]

f = open(fname, "ab")
try:
    before = os.fstat(f.fileno()).st_mtime
    f.write(text)
    f.write("\n")
finally:
    f.close()
inc = 1
now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime
while now == before:
    t = now + inc
    inc += 1
    os.utime(fname, (t, t))
    now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime