Re: Lock a branch

Ok, corrected. I'm assuming that that semantic is created on the repository
side; that there's a pre-commit hook implemented, that distinguishes between
tags and branches and rejects the commit.

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.reposadmin.create.html#svn.reposadmin.create.hooks

abe

Paul Koning-4 wrote:
>
>>>>>> "Subversionator" == Subversionator <abraham.a.ehrlich_at_jpmorgan.com>
>>>>>> writes:
>
> Subversionator> Move the branch to a tag. In other words, a branch
> Subversionator> is a series of revisions under the branch directory.
> Subversionator> A tag is associated with a particular revision. So
> Subversionator> if you svn mv URL/branches/yourbranch
> Subversionator> URL/tags/yourtag it won't be editable anymore.
>
> Not true.
>
> Subversion just deals with path names. "branch" and "tag" are just
> naming conventions, they have no distinct semantics. In particular,
> you can commit new revs to any pathname so long as the access controls
> say that you can.
>
> If you want to have tags in the sense of "this thing can be created
> but once created can't be modified" that's easy, just set up access
> controls to disallow writes other than creates. But you have to do
> that, Subversion doesn't.
>
> paul
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