Re: Ability to make updated files read-only?

Hi,

perhaps that ist what you need:
svn:needs-lock
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.props.html#svn.advanced.props.special.needs-lock

I use this property for a similar situation.

2006/1/24, Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com>:
> On 1/24/06, Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is it possible with TortoiseSVN and the normal SVN CLI tools to
> > automaitcally make files read-only? If it was just the CLI tool, I could
> > use a batch file that did an attrib command, but I don't know how to make
> > TortoiseSVN do it. Is there an elegant solution? This is for a "buildbox"
> > that users have a tendency to make fixes on, then forget to check them in.
> > So we are trying to prevent them from being able to make changes by turning
> > on the readonly flag after a checkout or update. This is on a Win 2003
> > Server machine.
>
> Are these same developers pulling the updated files from the
> repository to the build box? If so, that can make this real tricky -
> they need write access to the files to update them. 3 options I can
> think of:
>
> 1) A scheduled task running under a system account to do an svn update
> on a regular basis, then set the read-only attribute. Developers only
> allowed to start the build, not do an update (not sure how this would
> work).
>
> 2) A build tool like Anthill to do a build on a schedule, a la
> continuous integration. No developer needs to touch the build tool's
> working copy.
>
> 3) Change the build script(s) to first run an svn st and if any
> add/modify/delete/merge/conflict is found, halt the build so that the
> developer can only complete the build if the WC is in sync w/ the
> repository.
>
> All have pros and cons and for all I know could be about as airtight
> as a basketball net.
>
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