Re: Suggestion: Property "svn:executable" result in set "Read & execute" permissions in Windows

On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Morten Zdk <mortenzdk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> The Tortoise SVN client should set "Read & execute" permissions in Windows if the property "svn:executable" result in set on the file.
>
> This will be very useful for files shared to a Windows PC through Samba from a Linux system, since setting "Read & execute" permissions in Windows will cause the execute permission to be set on Linux.
>
> Scripts that must have the Linux execute permission set can thereby get this permission through SVN control, which is what the SVN "svn:executable" property is meant for.
>
> The dual OS environment is widely used in for example FPGA/ASIC development environments, so adding this suggested feature will make SVN easier to deploy here.

While it may seem "widely used" to you, sharing working copies between
OSes is strongly discouraged, not supported, and in some setups may
result in things acting strangely or even WC corruption. This isn't a
TortoiseSVN guideline - it's core Subversion.

So why add a feature which encourages doing something that you shouldn't do?

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Received on 2013-06-02 21:59:42 CEST