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Re: $log a new angle!

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-11-13 14:33:44 CET

On Nov 13, 2007 5:10 AM, Jon Hardcastle <jd_hardcastle@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I appreciate this is going to attract the scorn of
> many, but i have to ask.
>
> I am mid way through migrating the company i work for
> to SVN from VSS.
>
> Everything is dandy.
>
> Except they want to $log$ functionality.
>
> I have researched it, I am aware of the risk, as are
> they. But they still want the option to use it - under
> controlled circumstances.

Not gonna happen within Subversion itself.
http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#log-in-source

> Basically one of the files goes to the client, and
> they want the file history present in the file.

Have a scripted, repeatable build process which does this for you
while creating the package which is delivered to the client.

> I am currently considering using the pre-commit hook,
> but I am very open to suggestions? It boils down to
> the fact they have not long ago rolled this
> functionality out much to the collective Horrahs! from
> the clients. They don't now want to change it for risk
> of egg on faceage.

Do NOT modify in-flight transactions in server hook scripts. By doing
so, the committer's WC is immediately inconsistent with the
repository's contents.

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