Re: passing cmd-line params from svn commit to post-commit script

Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

> Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>> Is there any way that I can pass from the "svn commit" command line some
>> command-line arguments to the post-commit hook script? (This would be
>> extremely useful for some types of workflows involving post-commit
>> activity.)
>
> Unfortunately no. You could use some kind of workaround in which you
> set properties on the files being committed -- the pre- and
> post-commit hooks can certainly examine properties. But there's no
> facility for passing the hooks arbitrary data outside of what's being
> committed.
>
> If you describe your workflows in more detail, we may be able to
> figure out a solution that will work.

Well, there is always a way to pass from the "svn commit commandline":

POSTCOMMIT="my post commit options" svn commit -m ...

and then use ${POSTCOMMIT} in your script...

-- 
David Kastrup
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