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Re: svn_io_file_rename preserves *destination* file permission on Windows

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2005-11-15 23:16:28 CET

Ivan Zhakov wrote:
> On 11/15/05, Erik Huelsmann <ehuels@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> All tests pass with no-op svn_wc__prep_file_for_replacement and
>>>> changed svn_io_file_rename. What do you think about this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Please don't even consider ripping that code out before you're 100% sure
>>> it's not needed (any more). I certainly didn't make those changes for
>>> fun. They were needed at the time.
>>>
>> Oh, I know. I wasn't talking about ripping *all* af it, just the part
>> where it retains the read-only bit on the destination.
>>
>> If I consider that:
>> - svn:needs-lock was developed on *nix (linux, probably)
>> - in *nix it's possible to overwrite a read-only file
>> - unix retains the attributes on the file being renamed
>> - on Windows a file cannot be renamed if it or its rename-target is read-only
>>
> Interesting note: Windows *allow* rename read-only files, but fail if
> target is read-only. Could anybody fix me? Brane, what do you think?
>
Yikes. It looks like this is actually the case. If that's true, we'd
really only have to (optionally) make the destination read-write, and
really rip out the rest of the code...

Wait a sec, let me try that. (I still can't remember why I looked at the
target's read-only-ness... possibly it had something to do with the
files in .svn, too, although I've no idea what...)

-- Brane

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