redirect in trac browser after file got moved in svn

[ThurnerRupert]

it would be nice if trac would make a redirect after a file got moved in svn. in this case the "source:" links stay valid and could be adjusted afterwards.

a second possibility would be to have a function which adjusts the source wiki links to the new location.

[Christian Boos]

Did you notice the "search" link you'd find in such pages?

e.g. source:sandbox/pycon/ninja

This is however a somewhat costly operation to do, that's why we don't do this automatically.

The second possibility is, well, more a Trac 3.0 sort of thing …

[Emmanuel Blot]

If you want to keep valid links specify the revision along with the path, such as in [source:/trunk/COPYING@200]. See TracLinks.

How would Trac deal when a file is moved, then another file is created with the very same name? The link would be "valid" but points to a different file.

Moreover, as SVN does not really track file move (only copy and deletion), it would probably quite difficult to provide a "safe" implementation. Image a use case where a file is duplicated into two copies and the source deleted within the same changeset. What would be the new "destination" file for this kind of automagic links?

[ThurnerRupert]

trac currently already displays the link to the old destination in the history browser. replacing the old link in the wiki pages / ticket texts with the new one could be a possible solution, which also copes with (i think very rare case of) having a new file on the location of the old one.

specifying the revision is not the solution, as the link should point to the newest version.

for the search: what do you have installed to have this link? i can see it on teo, but not in our 0.10.4 rep?