Connection between directories
In order for automation scripts to produce content inside
working copies of CentOS Artwork Repository, it is required that
all work lines be connected somehow. Using this connection,
automation scripts can know where to retrive the information they
need to work with (e.g., design model, translation messages,
output locations, etc.). This connection is built using two path
constructions named master paths and
auxiliar paths.
The master path points only to directories that contain
source files (e.g., SVG files) required to produce base content
(e.g., PNG files) through automation scripts. Each master path
inside the repository may have several auxiliar paths associated,
but auxiliar paths can only have one master path associated.
Master paths are organized under trunk/Identity/Models directory
structure and auxiliar paths under trunk/Identity/Images, trunk/Locales and trunk/Manuals directory
structures.
The auxiliar paths can point either to directories or files.
When an auxiliar path points to a directory, that directory
contains information that modifies somehow the content produced
from master paths (e.g., translation messages) or provides the
output information required to know where to store the content
produced from master path. When an auxiliar path points to a
file, that file has no other purpose but to document the master
path it refers to.
The relationship between auxiliar paths and master paths is
realized by combining the master path itself and the second level
directory structures of the repository. The master path is
considered the path identifier and the second level directory
structure taken from the repository is considered the common part
of the path where the path identifier is appended to.