Re: server-side auto-set svn-prop: need-lock

Hi Kevin,

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:45:36 -0500, kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com said:
kevin> I don't recommend it (even though I wrote it), but you can
kevin> install a server side hook that adds the missing needs-lock
kevin> property as a new commit if it is missing. (Or you can run the
kevin> script periodically to do the same, but for multiple files at
kevin> a time.)

kevin> The biggest problem is user confusion, since as soon as they
kevin> checkin a file with the missing properties, their version is
kevin> obsolete. They wouldn't expect this and have no way to know
kevin> this unless they do an update right after they do the commit.

Is this the only reason why you don't recommand it ? I was starting to
set up such a solution.

kevin> In any case, it can be found here:

kevin> http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/contrib/server-side/add-needs-lock.py

kevin> It requires the python subversion bindings, and needs direct
kevin> access to the repository. It operates directly on the
kevin> repository, so no intermediate working copy is needed on the
kevin> Subversion server.

Sounds good, thank you very much for this tip, that's the way I'm
going through now, as it seems to be the best option in my case.

-- 
  Paul
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