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

From: vinay i <vinay.indresh_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:12:35 +0530

But there isn't any /etc/subversion directory in my UNIX system. So, I am
not sure the way the config file is getting created now.

Thanks
Vinay

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
>
Received on 2008-11-18 17:43:01 CET

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