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Re: owner-group-mode [WAS: using 'mv' to replace files, subversion does not detect changes]

From: Wesley Leggette <lists_at_kaylix.net>
Date: 2005-08-10 09:26:07 CEST

On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 08:45 +0200, Ph. Marek wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 August 2005 05:24, Wesley Leggette wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 16:03 +0200, Dirk Schenkewitz wrote:
> > > Wesley Leggette wrote:
> > > > On another note, is it possible to save owner and permissions and
> > > > restore those on checkout?
> > >
> > > Most likely you need Ph. Marek's meta-data patches/branch to do that.
> >
> > Okay, I looked that branch over, and that's of course what I need.
> >
> > README says it's alpha and doesn't always restore the proper values. But
> > is it safe to use for IMPORTING the values? And can I just `svn propset
> > svn:text-time` etc to an existing working copy?
> Well, it's been in use for some time, so I declare it herewith officially as
> BETA :-)
>
> Boy, I really need to update that readme. AFAIR it uses/restores the meta-data
> values everywhere (update, commit, import, add); but the point about
> conflicts is still valid.
>
> Yes, it's safe on import; yes, if you do a "propset svn:text-time anything" it
> will substitute the correct value by the next commit.
>
>
> Hope that helps.

Thanks. I'll give it a shot.

>
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil

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