Re: [PATCH] check name svn special properties

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Julian Foad wrote:

> Fabien COELHO wrote (on 2005-06-22):
> >
> > Please find attached a patch which checks the name of svn special
> > properties and refuses unexpected ones. The check are performed in the
> > client library, where it seems to belong. The error can be overridden
> > with --force if necessary.
>
> Did anyone else find this patch compelling?
>
Yes (I've been away a lot during the summer, so I probably missed this). I
find the arguments against this idea rather weak. Getting misspelled
properties in the repository 8*) must be more annyoing than having to use
--force in some situations.

*) Set svn:needslock, then see a coworker spend a few hours with an
unmergable file. Just one example.

I'm +0 for this patch.

Thanks,
//Petyer

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Received on Sun Jul 31 15:57:49 2005