Re: Wanted: pre-commit hook to prevent commits to externals definition

On Jun 3, 2010, at 18:34, Daniel Becroft wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:12 AM, David Aldrich <David.Aldrich_at_eu.nec.com> wrote:
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>> Please can anyone point me to an example of a svn pre-commit hook that prevents commits to files that are members of an externals definition?
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>> We want to allow such files to be committed only from within the external directory, i.e. where they originate from.
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> I don't have an example of such a script. *But*, I'm not sure if even such a script could be possible. My understanding of committing w/ externals, is that the modifications to the externals are committed separately (or even excluded) from the main commit. This would certainly be the case for externals pointing to a separate repository, and may be the case .
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> I just did a quick test (with both intra- and inter-repository external definitions), and SVN does not seem to descend into the externals for a commit. The externals directory has to be explicitly committed, which makes it no different from a normal working copy.

Right. I don't think the server would be able to tell that a commit came from a working copy that, on the client side, had been created by an externals definition. I think it all looks the same to the server so I don't think such a hook script can be implemented.
Received on 2010-06-04 02:12:16 CEST