[svn.haxx.se] · SVN Dev · SVN Users · SVN Org · TSVN Dev · TSVN Users · Subclipse Dev · Subclipse Users · this month's index

Re: svn:keywords settings make file different?

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2010b_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:13:01 -0500

On Aug 12, 2010, at 22:00, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Aug 12, 2010, at 21:47, netvampire.tw wrote:
>
>> I knew I should set keywords properties on text file only.
>> I thought the properties would not apply to binary file so I apply the setting
>> on the root folder.
>> If it couldn't tell binary or text file,I should find out thousands files which
>> is binary or text,isn't it?
>
> Properties will be successfully applied to any file you tell Subversion to apply them to. Setting properties on binary files will most likely corrupt them, as you've seen. Therefore do not instruct Subversion to set properties on binary files.

Um, in all of the above I mean the svn:keywords property specifically, and the svn:eol-style property; setting other properties on binary files should be fine.
Received on 2010-08-13 05:13:42 CEST

This is an archived mail posted to the Subversion Users mailing list.

This site is subject to the Apache Privacy Policy and the Apache Public Forum Archive Policy.