qt-creator/src/plugins/coreplugin/iversioncontrol.h

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#ifndef IVERSIONCONTROL_H
#define IVERSIONCONTROL_H

#include "core_global.h"

#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QString>

namespace Core {

class CORE_EXPORT IVersionControl : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    enum Operation { AddOperation, DeleteOperation, OpenOperation };

    IVersionControl(QObject *parent = 0) : QObject(parent) {}
    virtual ~IVersionControl() {}

    virtual QString name() const = 0;

    /*!
     * Returns whether files in this directory should be managed with this
     * version control.
     */
    virtual bool managesDirectory(const QString &filename) const = 0;

    /*!
     * This function should return the topmost directory, for which this
     * IVersionControl should be used. The VCSManager assumes that all files in
     * the returned directory are managed by the same IVersionControl.
     *
     * Note that this is used as an optimization, so that the VCSManager
     * doesn't need to call managesDirectory(..) for each directory.
     *
     * This function is called after finding out that the directory is managed
     * by a specific version control.
     */
    virtual QString findTopLevelForDirectory(const QString &directory) const = 0;

    /*!
     * Called to query whether a VCS supports the respective operations.
     */
    virtual bool supportsOperation(Operation operation) const = 0;

    /*!
     * Called prior to save, if the file is read only. Should be implemented if
     * the scc requires a operation before editing the file, e.g. 'p4 edit'
     *
     * \note The EditorManager calls this for the editors.
     */
    virtual bool vcsOpen(const QString &fileName) = 0;

    /*!
     * Called after a file has been added to a project If the version control
     * needs to know which files it needs to track you should reimplement this
     * function, e.g. 'p4 add', 'cvs add', 'svn add'.
     *
     * \note This function should be called from IProject subclasses after
     *       files are added to the project.
     */
    virtual bool vcsAdd(const QString &filename) = 0;

    /*!
     * Called after a file has been removed from the project (if the user
     * wants), e.g. 'p4 delete', 'svn delete'.
     *
     * You probably want to call VcsManager::showDeleteDialog, which asks the
     * user to confirm the deletion.
     */
    virtual bool vcsDelete(const QString &filename) = 0;

signals:
    void repositoryChanged(const QString &repository);
    void filesChanged(const QStringList &files);

    // TODO: ADD A WAY TO DETECT WHETHER A FILE IS MANAGED, e.g
    // virtual bool sccManaged(const QString &filename) = 0;
};

} // namespace Core

#endif // IVERSIONCONTROL_H