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Re: Setting auto-props from Server side ?

From: Ravi Roy <ravi.aroy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:52:52 +0530

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Ryan Schmidt <
subversion-2010b_at_ryandesign.com> wrote:

> On Jun 7, 2010, at 00:01, Ravi Roy wrote:
>
> > Just curious if there is a way out to set auto-props for certain binary
> files on server side ?
>
> No, there isn't, not a supported way, anyway.
>
> This has come up countless times on the mailing list before. I'm sure you
> can find the discussions in the archives at http://svn.haxx.se/users/
>
> The strategy I recommend is to install a pre-commit hook that rejects
> commits that do not conform to your guidelines (regarding properties or
> otherwise). Also install a Subversion config file on each client to automat
> the setting of properties that match your guidelines.
>

> The other strategy is to write a post-commit hook that sets the properties
> you require. However this is not recommended because it means the server has
> to manage a working copy. It also means if a client commits a file that
> doesn't have the properties, the server will add them, and then the client's
> file will be immediately out of date and the user will have to run "svn up"
> to get the update from the server. The user won't expect to need to do this
> so this will be confusing to the user.
>
>
>
Thanks Ryan for quick reply. I would check this throug pre-commit hook.

Regards,

-RR
Received on 2010-06-07 07:23:25 CEST

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