Ahh...that was trick. Disallow commits allow copies. The light dawns. :-)
Thanks
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blair Zajac" <blair@orcaware.com>
To: "Brian Huddleston" <brianh@huddleston.net>
Cc: <dev@subversion.tigris.org>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: Read-Only Tags
> > Brian Huddleston wrote:
> >
> > I was wondering if someone could help me out. I am experimenting
> > to figure out how difficult it will be to switch our existing our
> > existing system over to using Subversion for revision control.
> >
> > I seem to recall someone making a sensible suggestion about how
> > to replicate all the semantics CVS's tag functionality.
> > Specifically the "historical snapshot" functionality and erroring
> > nicely if someone mistakenly tries to commit.
> >
> > I vaguely recall it had something to do with making a tags directory
> > and protecting it a commit hook of some sort, but as I think about
> > it I'm not sure how that would work. I can't seem to find the
> > discussion in the archives. Lots of stuff about tags and the Zen of
> > Subversion, but I can't find the specific discussion on how to bring
> > that functionality to the Subversion world.
> >
> > Does anyone remember and/or have any clever ideas?
>
> Set up your Subversion repository and then use the supplied
>
> tools/hook-scripts/commit-access-control.pl
>
> script to prevent commits to subdirectories of your top level
> tag names.
>
> Best,
> Blair
>
> --
> Blair Zajac <blair@orcaware.com>
> Web and OS performance plots - http://www.orcaware.com/orca/
>
>
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