Re: content access in commit hooks?

On Apr 7, 2008, at 12:05, aldana wrote:

> as far as i know it is not possible to get to the contents of
> committed files
> being able to change them. this way you could enforce code
> conventions in
> terms of code-formatting and members-order.
>
> why does subversion not support this, maybe this could be a feature
> for next
> releases?

You can examine the contents of files being committed (using svnlook)
but you cannot change it. The function of a revision control system
is to store the files that the developers commit, not to change them
after having been committed. Make your developers do the correct code
formatting or whatever before they commit. You can write a pre-commit
hook to enforce this rule, if that's required for your organization.
Developers will surely soon learn.

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Received on 2008-04-07 20:45:24 CEST