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Re: Repository based config

From: Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz_at_arcor.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 08:12:34 +0100

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:12:22 +0100
Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz_at_arcor.de>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:34:12 +0100
> > Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Manfred Lotz
> >> <manfred.lotz_at_arcor.de> wrote:
> >> > Hi there,
> >> > Assuming I need this for a certain repository:
> >> >
> >> > [miscellany]
> >> > enable-auto-props = yes
> >> >
> >> > [auto-props]
> >> > *.c = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Author Date Id Revision
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Is it possible to enable this locally for the repository. This
> >> > would have the advantage that new project people checking out
> >> > have the right setting from the beginning without any danger to
> >> > forget setting this in their ~/.subversion/config.
> >>
> >> If your users use svn 1.8 clients, you can use the new-in-1.8
> >> repository-dictated configuration feature. See here:
> >>
> >> http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#repos-dictated-config
> >>
> >
> > Thanks, that was new to me. Does it also require a certain version
> > for the subversion server?
> >
>
> No, it's also supported with older servers. But a 1.8 server will give
> better performance when the client asks for inherited properties
> (which is the mechanism used to implement the repository-dictated
> configuration) [1]. I don't know how much difference it makes in
> practice (I don't use the feature myself yet). I guess it depends
> heavily on your repository size and structure (deeply nested vs.
> shallow directory structures).
>
> [1]
> http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#new-feature-compatibility-table
>

I see. Thanks for the explanations.

-- 
Manfred
Received on 2014-02-28 11:41:35 CET

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