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

From: Cooke, Mark <mark.cooke_at_siemens.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:25:41 +0000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Shenkin [mailto:subversion_at_shenkin.org]
> Sent: 25 January 2012 15:10
> To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Errors with mtime-retaining import script:
> pre-revprop-change issue?
>
> 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.

I believe that you need to remove the `.tmpl' ~ those templates are not executed, they are there to give you something to start from...

~ mark c

> 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-sc
> ripts/ 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" <svn:log> ];
> then exit 0; fi
>
> echo "Changing revision properties other than svn:log is
> prohibited" >&2
> exit 1
>
Received on 2012-01-25 17:34:38 CET

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