RE: config auto-props in separate file

> You could write a short build script to create a combined config file

out of two parts -- the user's part and the shared part.

Can you elaborate on above? It sounds like that is what I need.

-- ann

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto:subversion-2008b_at_ryandesign.com]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:34 PM
To: Ann Chin
Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
Subject: Re: config auto-props in separate file

On Jun 6, 2008, at 14:13, Ann Chin wrote:

> 1) Is it possible to modify the user ~/.subversion/config file so that
> [auto-props] section references a separate file?

I don't think there's any such feature.

> I.e. I'm trying to find a way where users can customize their config
> files,
>
> but be able to reference a common shared auto-props section that is
> kept
> in a separate file.
>
>
>
> For example, different users on the same project want different
> global-ignores.
>
> But they should all use the same auto-props, in particular, keyword
> properties.

You could write a short build script to create a combined config file
out of two parts -- the user's part and the shared part.

> 2) Is it also possible to have users link their ~/.subversion/config
> file to another file? I.e.
>
> config -> ../shared/config

I don't see why not. Just make a symlink.

On systems without symlinks (Windows) I don't know if a shortcut
would work the same. You'd have to try it out.

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