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Re: Using TortoiseSVN to set Binary properties

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2006-03-30 22:02:57 CEST

On 3/30/06, Michael Swanson <mswanson@ruralins.com> wrote:
>
>
> I've been working with TortoiseSVN for a while and am wondering if there is
> any way to set binary properties on files or revisions? I can set textual
> properties on files easily enough but I'd like to set a property to hold a
> zip or gzip file. The system my company develops for requires what are
> basically binary file structure and file definition information to go along
> with any new/modified program and using a property on that particular file
> or revision seems a logical choice. However, I have been unable to figure
> out a way to set binary properties from within TortoiseSVN. Is there a way
> to do this or do we have to resort to using the svn command line utilities
> to do this? I've searched the TortoiseSVN archives but haven't found
> anything that seems to address this question. Thanks for any help.

For TSVN to support it, Subversion would need to first. I've never
heard of anything but text content for properties. And I see nothing
in The Book which indicates it's possible.
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.props.html

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