Re: svn:ignore-on-commit changelist -- was: dump svn:hold, long live file externals?? (and discussing recursive hold)

On 08/24/2011 05:10 PM, Mark Phippard wrote:
> BTW, admins can also lock files in the repository to prevent accidental
> commits of sensitive information.

That's a good point, actually.

If I want to add an intentional change, I steal the lock. Then lock it back
(using a separate WC to lock the file for myself). The commit bails even
before the modifications are sent over the wire. It's a central config.

But: Say a template path is locked; the result is that everyone with a
filled-in template now gets failing commits all the time. Now you need a
convenience thing that excludes this locked file from commit locally.

This still requires specific action on every single checkout to block the
exact right files. Users will be forced to do that, they can't run a plain
'svn commit' and succeed.

This would cover all the needs *except* that a new checkout should
local-hold automatically without further user action.

(So we can add a prop for that, ok, and then we can use that prop and don't
need to duplicate with a changelists based implementation)

~Neels