Edward S. Marshall wrote:
>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.
>
>
>
I like this a whole bunch!
gat
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Received on Thu Oct 31 21:32:54 2002