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Re: Subversion 0.7 released.

From: Zack Weinberg <zack_at_codesourcery.com>
Date: 2001-12-04 05:37:21 CET

On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:18:02PM -0600, cmpilato@collab.net wrote:
> Billy Tanksley <btanksley@hifn.com> writes:
>
> > I'm still very nervous on newline conversion. Will it be possible to
> > configure svn to not, by default, destroy any and every binary file checked
> > into it?
>
> Subversion already include a heuristic for determining whether or not
> a file is "binary" at import and add times. The value can, of course,
> be overridden. Default behavior for binary files should, therefore,
> be to NOT do newline conversion.

Speaking as a user: I would like at least a mode, ideally the default
behavior, to be that no file undergoes any sort of conversion - no
newlines, no keywords, no nuthin' - unless explicitly marked for that
conversion. Don't mess around with heuristics.

"mode" being something set at repository creation time.

(I think I'm agreeing with both of you.)

> Honestly, I have the same preference. In fact, my preferences
> regarding what I wish Subversion would do (or more specifically, not
> do) extend beyond that, and can be basically summed up by: Subversion
> should version file contents and user properties. That means no
> versioning of file permissions, no newline conversion, no keyword
> substitution.

Two observations:

If Subversion records a piece of data, it should be versioned; no
exceptions.

I'm fine with not recording file permissions, - they don't translate
across systems, and they are more likely to cause user frustration than
anything else. But there had better be a "this is an executable" bit.

zw

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