For some SCM we are able to check revision without using local repo. For example if we are using svn we can use ''svn info'' to check version and update repository only in case it is updated. It can be very usefull if ones removes repo from distfiles for some reason. Reproducible: Sometimes
8506c72f adds an API for that feature [1], and 1a6d87bd implements the support for subversion [2]. The more I think of it, the more I start to like the overall idea of pinging remote server for updates without touching the local repo. If we could implement this in most of VCS-es, I could consider making this the default behavior. However, I would need to re-implement the concept of non-blocking operation. [1] https://github.com/mgorny/smart-live-rebuild/commit/8506c72f7a579c0b5fcfc4c094a4dfb44fadba00 [2] https://github.com/mgorny/smart-live-rebuild/commit/1a6d87bdca1f419636f31c7c97b5df197344e4be
/var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-portage/smart-live-rebuild/smart-live-rebuild-0.7.ebuild,v <-- smart-live-rebuild-0.7.ebuild initial revision: 1.1 Fixed.
