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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 11:51:16 -0500

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:42, vinay i <vinay.indresh_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

What if you create one, and put a config file in it (make sure it
differs from the settings you found so that you can tell if it's being
copied)?

Please see the manual.
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.confarea.html#svn.advanced.confarea.layout
second paragraph.

> 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
>> >
>> >
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