Another option is to require a lock on a file before committing, you will want to write a pre commit hook script to enforce that a lock is required to commit a file.
This would make you think about what files to really *meant* to change.....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Gilcher [mailto:felix.gilcher@exozet.com]
> Sent: 11 October 2007 16:40
> To: Ajay Gautam; users@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: AW: Temporary commit block on a file
>
> Hi,
> use a pre-commit hook that checks the filename an rejects any
> commit with that name.
>
> regards
>
> felix
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Ajay Gautam [mailto:ajay610@gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Oktober 2007 17:30
> An: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Betreff: Temporary commit block on a file
>
> Is it possible to temporarily block a file from being committed.
>
> Here is what I need:
> The file in question is one that hold valuable system properties.
> I modify this file to debug a specific issue.
> (Make a mental note to revert this file before I commit).
>
> Unfortunately, my mental notes aren't enforced properly. More likely
> than not, I would end up committing this file, and later on (who know
> if ever), I will have to revert my changes (sigh)
>
> I need a way to force-break a commit, in case I commit this file. One
> possible way could be to put something in comments that would flag the
> inappropriateness of the commit, when svn looks at it...
>
> Am I making any sense here?
>
> Is this possible ? (I spent a few minutes on google and couldn't find
> anything useful)
>
> All help would be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ajay
>
>
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