On 03.06.2013 21:12, Felix Saphir wrote:
> Am 03.06.2013 19:18, schrieb Ben Fritz:
>> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Felix Saphir
>> <felix.saphir_at_kantarmedia.com> wrote:
>>> Am 03.06.2013 17:02, schrieb Ben Fritz:
>>>>
>>>> Actually, I think *NOT* having the feature encourages doing something
>>>> you should not do.
>>>>
>>>> If Windows would set the executable bit, then users could use SVN only
>>>> on Windows, and just use the files (without touching SVN commands) in
>>>> Linux.
>>>
>>> So you would continue to do something you shouldn't do if the behaviour
>>> of svn:executable was changed?
>>
>> At work the main reason I use svn commands outside of Windows, is to
>> avoid needing to do any chmod commands. Because, except for on
>> Windows, "svn update" will automatically set the executable bits as
>> needed.
>
> Very well, but what does that have to do with network shares? You do
> know that samba maps attributes between Windows and Unix? Have a look at
> this <http://oreilly.com/openbook/samba/book/figs/sam.0507.gif>.
>
>
>> So if Windows also set this bit, I would use SVN commands outside of
>> Windows a lot less frequently, if I did at all.
>
> So you still would share your working copies between OS? Then this would
> be a feature that encourages users to do something they shouldn't do.
>
> I also strongly recommend against executable files on network shares.
I agree.
And: if you really want this feature implemented, you're barking up the
wrong tree. You have to ask for this on the Subversion mailing list
since it's there that this would have to be implemented.
Stefan
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