On Oct 29, 2005, at 14:35, Chris Tucker wrote:
> Hannes' post (msgno=35833) at last resolved the problems I was
> having in
> getting keyword expansion to work. The worst part is that, as you
> tinker with
> the config file, then with files already known to svn, then create
> & add a
> new file, then tinker with the config file some more, you will get
> mystifying
> results of e.g. one keyword being expanded whilst another in the
> same file is
> ignored.
>
> This behaviour (I mean, autoprops only taking effect at Add /
> Import) is so
> different from the other vcs's I have used, that I think it needs
> to be very
> clearly highlighted in documentation & FAQs.
The post he's referring to is here:
http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=35833
The book does seem to spell out that this only works at add or import
time:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/
svn.advanced.props.html#svn.advanced.props.auto
> Subversion also provides the auto-props feature, which allows you
> to create mappings of filename patterns to property names and
> values. These mappings are made in your runtime configuration area.
> They again affect adds and imports [...]
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/
svn.advanced.html#svn.advanced.confarea.opts.config
> enable-auto-props
> This instructs Subversion to automatically set properties on newly
> added or imported files. The default value is no, so set this to
> yes to enable Auto-props. The auto-props section of this file
> specifies which properties are to be set on which files.
If you have a specific suggestion for how the wording could be
improved, by all means, let's hear it.
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Received on Sat Oct 29 16:49:02 2005