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Re: how to disable svn's copy and move command?

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:14:06 -0500

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 6:23 PM, David Brodbeck <brodbd_at_uw.edu> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:01 AM, zhiwei chen <zhiweik_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> hi,all.
>>
>> I use webdav to host a svn repository, for some reason I want to
>> disable copy and move command, ie. uses can't use 'svn copy' and 'svn
>> move' to commit.
>>
>> I know I can use pre-commit to disable copy and move, and is there
>> another way to do this?
>
>
> I'm not sure this will accomplish what you want.  It won't prevent users
> from checking out files, using their system's own filesystem commands to
> move them, then checking them in in a new location.

I can actually see reasons for this. Forcing an import forces a new
history to be started, and breaks the cross-branch dependencies that
are the sworn archenemy of clearing out debris with svndumpfilter when
rebuilding or transferring a repository.
Received on 2012-01-18 13:14:40 CET

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