2007/7/12, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2007b@ryandesign.com>:
> On Jul 12, 2007, at 04:32, Dong Jiwei wrote:
> > I want to write a hook that can modify the file to be committed, for
> > example, it the file is a shell script, then I want to add one line
> > "echo
> > $END_DATE" at the file end.
> > How can I got the file and modify it in hooks?
>
> Don't do that. Instead, you can write a pre-commit hook which rejects
> the commit of any file that doesn't end with that line. Then instruct
> your developers to add that line themselves before committing.
>
> > And one more question is will this operation cause the inconsistence
> > between the WC and REOPS?
>
> That's exactly why you mustn't modify a transaction: the working copy
> will think it has a file at, say, revision 42, but the repository
> will think revision 42 looks different. When you later try to update,
> things will blow up.
>
> > I think the Subversion svn:keywords auto substitution may work of
> > the same mechanism? Any one tell me how to do this?
>
> Keyword substitution works differently. It works on the client side
> only. The keywords are only expanded to their actual values upon
> checkout or export; they're not stored that way in the repository.
Is there anything like "client-side hooks" ? Hooks that would check
and/or modify the WC files *before* committing them ?
--
Ir. Arnauld Van Muysewinkel
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