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Re: Is it possible to set svn:keywords using pre-commit hook script?

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:14:03 -0500

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:12, vinay i <vinay.indresh_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> .subversion/config file is created the 1st time we run a svn command. I
> believe the default values what it takes is controlled by
> "http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/subversion/include/svn_config.h"
> file. Correct me if I am worng. Can we modify this file or whichever is
> appropriate so that whenever a user runs the svn command for the 1st time a
> default customized config file is created. Say which has the svn:mime, svn
> editor, svn:keyowrds and other useful properties set to some default other
> than provided by subversion? Has anyone tried this method?

I think on *NIX systems, if you have a default config file in
/etc/subversion that will be copied when svn is first run by a user.

> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman_at_kitware.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> vinay i wrote:
>>>
>>> But isn't there a way I can set the svn:keywords by running a script
>>> whenever I do a add or probably before a commit. Controlling this from a
>>> client side is painful. Hence, I would like to write script which will run
>>> svn propset svn:keywords <filenames>. But I am not sure whether it is
>>> feasible.
>>>
>> See the thread I started about three weeks ago on this list titled:
>>
>> "svn config file and mime types"
>>
>> http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2008-10/0707.shtml
>>
>>
>> IMO, this is a major short falling of svn. It is also a long standing
>> feature request:
>>
>> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1974
>>
>> Having each client specify this stuff is really hard to enforce and very
>> error prone. It really should be part of the repository and stored in the
>> .svn directories for a project. I realize there are some technical hurdles
>> to the implementation, but the current situation is a real pain...
>>
>> -Bill
>
>

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