Philip Martin wrote on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 22:15:22 +0000:
> Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> writes:
>
> > Marshall Schor wrote on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 15:29:43 -0400:
> >> I recently created some new binary files. I happened to pick a name for these
> >> that ended in ".data", thinking that would remind me and others in the future
> >> that this was just data.
> >>
> >
> > Thanks, r1461328.
>
> "svn add" won't add files that set both a binary svn:mime-type and an
> svn:eol-style. The low level function that checks the properties has a
> skip_some_checks flag to allow the combination which is how both
> properties can be set using "svn propset --force". "svn add" also has
> --force but it doesn't work to add the file with both properties because
> svn_wc_add_from_disk2 doesn't support skip_some_checks. This is
> explicitly mentioned in the docs:
>
> * Check and canonicalize the properties in the same way as
> * svn_wc_prop_set4(). Return an error and don't add the node if the
> * properties are not valid on this node. Unlike svn_wc_prop_set4()
> * there is no option to skip some of the checks and canonicalizations.
>
> but without any rationale. This function is new in 1.8 so we could
> easily change it. Does anyone remember why the function behaves this
> way?
Wild guess: perhaps it's just our general trend to avoid --force in
favour of more-specific options?
Received on 2013-03-26 23:42:45 CET