tests/svn-safe-append.py
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@ens-lyon.org>
Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:01:11 +0100
branchstable
changeset 18518 0324a1d88a53
parent 6439 c1b47c0fd2b6
child 29195 bdba6a2015d0
permissions -rwxr-xr-x
rebase: mention --rev in the help This changeset adds a small mention of it in the help to prevent confusion. This small addition references online help that is easier to update and improve at release time. Following Wagner Bruna's advice, this is added in a plain new paragraph to not invalidate current translation this close to the release.

#!/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