Re: "svn propset --help" should document svn:special

On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 20:33, Philip Martin wrote:
> I wasn't paying attention when svn:special was introduced, but all
> the other "magic" properties are documented in the propset help text.
>
> The implementation has problems. I can set svn:special on an ordinary
> file and commit it, but post-commit processing fails

I wouldn't say the implementation has problems -- it's just our same old
'translation' system, the same one we use for EOL and keyword
translation.

I think what's missing here are some sanity checks -- like, "don't allow
svn:special to be set without validating the file contents first."

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Received on Fri Aug 13 04:00:06 2004