[PATCH] hgweb: support directory and subrepository navigation when descend mode is disabled

[Paul Boddie]

On Sunday 29 January 2012 20:56:39 Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-01-29 at 20:45 +0100, Paul Boddie wrote:
> > On Sunday 29 January 2012 20:25:38 Matt Mackall wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2012-01-29 at 20:03 +0100, Paul Boddie wrote:
> > > > # HG changeset patch
> > > > # User Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.org.uk>
> > > > # Date 1327863292 -3600
> > > > # Branch stable
> > > > # Node ID 967d0f22ee70762029beb539e15daf97b36ace86
> > > > # Parent  f8955a7f82e6a06a682cd95631fd1c5e55f46103
> > > > hgweb: support directory and subrepository navigation when descend
> > > > mode is disabled
> > >
> > > a) it's not clear that this won't be a security surprise to existing
> > > users
> >
> > This shouldn't expose anything more than the directories and repositories
> > already exposed by hgweb. It isn't generic filesystem navigation; it's
> > just allowing people to group repositories inside directories and not
> > have them all shown at once at the first opportunity.
>
> No, you've missed my point. If they aren't shown _today_, some people
> will expect them to continue not being shown _tomorrow_. Thus changing
> things is setting people up for a nasty surprise.
>
> But again: please hold this conversation until after Feb 1.

I understand the objection now, having looked at the descend behaviour and the 
* and ** path behaviour as well. Would a separate value be appropriate for 
descend? Something like "descend = Navigate"?

Paul