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Re: Errors with mtime-retaining import script: pre-revprop-change issue?

From: Giulio Troccoli <giulio.troccoli_at_mediatelgroup.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:12 +0000

On 25/01/12 15:09, Alexander Shenkin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using the svn import script by Oliver Betz to retain file mtime
> upon initial import
> (http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2006-10/1345.shtml), but i'm getting
> some errors. I'm hoping someone might be able to help me out.
>
> when i run the script, i get the following error:
>
> $ perl importWithMtime.pl
> svn propset svn:date 2001-10-29T18:34:10.000000Z --revprop -r HEAD
> svn: E175002: DAV request failed; it's possible that the
> repository's pre-revprop-change hook either failed or is non-existent
> svn: E175008: At least one property change failed; repository is
> unchanged
> svn: E175002: Error setting property 'date':
> Repository has not been enabled to accept revision propchanges;
> ask the administrator to create a pre-revprop-change hook
>
> I do have a pre-revprop-change.tmpl hook in the repository. It
> contains the code below. I'm using VisualSVN 2.5.2 on a Windows 7 x64
> machine with Cygwin Perl and TortoiseSVN. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
>
> -------------------
>
> $ cat pre-revprop-change.tmpl
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # PRE-REVPROP-CHANGE HOOK
> #
> # The pre-revprop-change hook is invoked before a revision property
> # is added, modified or deleted. Subversion runs this hook by invoking
> # a program (script, executable, binary, etc.) named 'pre-revprop-change'
> # (for which this file is a template), with the following ordered
> # arguments:
> #
> # [1] REPOS-PATH (the path to this repository)
> # [2] REV (the revision being tweaked)
> # [3] USER (the username of the person tweaking the property)
> # [4] PROPNAME (the property being set on the revision)
> # [5] ACTION (the property is being 'A'dded, 'M'odified, or
> 'D'eleted)
> #
> # [STDIN] PROPVAL ** the new property value is passed via STDIN.
> #
> # If the hook program exits with success, the propchange happens; but
> # if it exits with failure (non-zero), the propchange doesn't happen.
> # The hook program can use the 'svnlook' utility to examine the
> # existing value of the revision property.
> #
> # WARNING: unlike other hooks, this hook MUST exist for revision
> # properties to be changed. If the hook does not exist, Subversion
> # will behave as if the hook were present, but failed. The reason
> # for this is that revision properties are UNVERSIONED, meaning that
> # a successful propchange is destructive; the old value is gone
> # forever. We recommend the hook back up the old value somewhere.
> #
> # On a Unix system, the normal procedure is to have 'pre-revprop-change'
> # invoke other programs to do the real work, though it may do the
> # work itself too.
> #
> # Note that 'pre-revprop-change' must be executable by the user(s) who
> will
> # invoke it (typically the user httpd runs as), and that user must
> # have filesystem-level permission to access the repository.
> #
> # On a Windows system, you should name the hook program
> # 'pre-revprop-change.bat' or 'pre-revprop-change.exe',
> # but the basic idea is the same.
> #
> # The hook program typically does not inherit the environment of
> # its parent process. For example, a common problem is for the
> # PATH environment variable to not be set to its usual value, so
> # that subprograms fail to launch unless invoked via absolute path.
> # If you're having unexpected problems with a hook program, the
> # culprit may be unusual (or missing) environment variables.
> #
> # Here is an example hook script, for a Unix /bin/sh interpreter.
> # For more examples and pre-written hooks, see those in
> # the Subversion repository at
> # http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/tools/hook-scripts/ and
> # http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/contrib/hook-scripts/
>
>
> REPOS="$1"
> REV="$2"
> USER="$3"
> PROPNAME="$4"
> ACTION="$5"
>
> if [ "$ACTION" = "M" -a "$PROPNAME" = "svn:log" ]; then exit 0; fi
>
> echo "Changing revision properties other than svn:log is prohibited" >&2
> exit 1

The hook has to be called pre-revprop-change on *nix systems and be
executable or pre-revprop-change.bat on Windows. So, no .tmpl extension.
Received on 2012-01-25 17:07:08 CET

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