"Edward S. Marshall" <esm@logic.net> writes:
> On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 11:06, cmpilato@collab.net wrote:
> > If I check out /trunk/subdir instead of /trunk, how do I get those
> > trickle-down properties? And even if I get them when I checkout, how
> > do I get the updates to them if someone changes /trunk's ignore list?
>
> You're thinking of a far more complicated approach than I am. ;-) I
> wasn't thinking of an automatic trickle-down of properties (actually,
> you'd probably just confuse the user, and you'd need to come up with a
> way to "unset" an inherited property in a subdirectory)
>
> Rather, I was just suggesting a modification of 'svn mkdir' behavior.
> When creating a new directory, 'svn mkdir' would check the parent
> directory for an 'svn:inheritableprops' property, and copy those
> properties that are specified. After that, you're on your own; you can
> modify the subdirectory's properties to your heart's content. Think in
> terms of a short-hand for "svn mkdir ...; svn propset ...; etc", nothing
> more complicated than that.
Oh.
Well then. :-)
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Received on Thu Oct 31 19:44:40 2002