svn post-commit hook - forking a process

Hi,

I've worked up a post-commit hook that updates a working copy following
a commit. I used the technique in the FAQ on website-auto-update using
an exe with u+s since my working copy is owned by me and the server
process runs as nobody.

That's all well and good... but my repository has over a dozen externals
(internal references) in it. While having the post-commit update my
working copy it takes about 45 seconds longer with any commit (even a
real small one).

I tried forking the submit (using '&' in the post-commit borne
script)... but it sill hangs on until the subprocess completes. I also
tried doing a fork in my small c-exe. The process works when called
manually, but when using subversion the post-commit hook still hangs on
until the subprocess completes. I'm going to pursue running this update
as a batch job (at) if I don't find a better solution.

Peforming a custom parsing of the changes and updating only pieces (of
the working copy) which are noted in the (svnlook) changed-dirs seems a
bit cumbersom.

Any other ideas on solving this? Is there a way I can get the
post-commit hook to spawn a process and allow the post-commit process to
complete before the subprocess does?

Thanks much,
    -Steve

(subversion 1.5.2 on solaris using fsfs)

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Received on 2008-10-07 19:33:28 CEST