On 5/4/06, Alexandra Stehman <astehman@ibistek.com> wrote:
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> I am trying to enable keywords in SVN using TortoiseSVN. In attempting to
> enable keyword substitutions such as $Author$ and $Date$ in our source
> files, I edited the configuration file under the TortoiseSVN Settings to
> look like so:
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> ### Automatic properties are defined in the section 'auto-props'.
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> enable-auto-props = yes
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> [auto-props]
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> * = svn:keywords
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> I then added keywords $Date$ and $Author$ into a file, committed it, updated
> it, and the keywords were not substituted.
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> I am not our svn admin, so I am unsure if this is a configuration which must
> be set also on our repository on the server side.
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I think you're missing a very important piece. Autoprops only apply
to new files, not existing files. You have to add the svn:keywords
property to all existing files you want it to apply to. Then you
would want the auto-props added to every users config before they add
any new files.
- Jody
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Received on Fri May 5 16:17:46 2006