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Re: Inherited properties for autoprops and log message templates.

From: <kfogel_at_collab.net>
Date: 2005-07-01 20:05:23 CEST

steveking <steveking@gmx.ch> writes:
> kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> > Note that this means only "svn:" properties can ever be heritable,
> > because those are the only properties whose meanings Subversion knows
> > about. If we want truly generic iprops, we'll have to come up with a
> > different proposal (and I have one sitting in my back pocket, but I'm
> > not convinced it's worth the extra complexity).
>
> I don't think that's a good idea. If you only make svn: properties
> inheritable, then properties can't be used as a means of project
> settings. For example, TSVN has its own properties defined which are
> used as settings-per-project, and iprops would be perfect for
> that. But if only svn: properties are inheritable, then TSVN can't use
> that feature.

Yup. I think I got talked out of it already by ghudson, but if he
hadn't posted first, I would have been talked out of it by you :-).

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