Re: why does Subversion change file permission

On 12/6/07, Vincent Lefevre <vincent+svn@vinc17.org> wrote:
> On 2007-12-06 02:05:11 -0600, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> > To explain further: Subversion does not store any file's permissions.
> > All there is is the svn:executable property. If you set this on a file,
> > then Subversion will set the executable bit on the file when you check it
> > out. Otherwise, it won't.
>
> But IMHO, if the svn:executable property has not changed and if the
> x bit of the owner is correct, it would better it Subversion didn't
> change the permissions.
>
> Note that setting the umask is not always possible as several files
> may have different permissions.

Subversion doesn't change permissions. It replaces the file which was there.

Bye,

Erik.

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Received on Thu Dec 6 13:19:55 2007