Re: svn copy and pre-commit

allan juul <lambretta@inet.uni2.dk> writes:
> hi
>
> we have a situation when tagging we might create arbitrary directory paths
>
> i understand the svn copy will only create a dir in a repository [not
> the full path].
>
> so my thought was to create a pre-commit hook that could ensure the
> creation of the full path before the actual 'svn copy' took place.
>
> 1) is this possible to do ?
>
> 2) is it possible in a hook via svnlook (or other) to get the actual
> svn command that invoked the hook ?

Your problem will be solved when

   http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1776

is solved. In the meantime, you're better off writing a client-side
script to make intermediate directories, rather than doing it in
pre-commit. It's best for pre-commit to only do read-only things, not
make changes to the repository.

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Received on Wed Jan 5 18:06:58 2005