preserving filesystem properties

[Steve Wray <st...@catalyst.net.nz>]

Hi there,
I would like to use subversion to manage directory structures in which 
file ownerships and permissions are important.

Re: preserving filesystem properties

[Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>]

On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 18:31, Steve Wray wrote:

> "Filesystem properties: each file or directory has an invisible hash 
> table attached. You can invent and store any arbitrary key/value pairs 
> you wish: owner, perms, icons, app-owner, MIME type, personal notes, 
> etc. This is a general-purpose feature for users. Properties are 
> versioned, just like file contents."

These are examples of names of properties that you *could* invent for
yourself.

Subversion doesn't preserve permissions or ownership information;  it
simply provides a generic metadata mechanism for users to exploit
however they wish.

Ben Reser, I believe, has written a script to do what you're looking
for:  when you run it, it "stores" filesystem metadata in the properties
before committing, and also has the ability to read the metadata and
apply it to the files again.


> I've tested this with file permissions as well; the only thing I've been 
> able to find is preserving executable perms. 

Correct.  The svn:executable property makes a file executable.  It's the
only sort of permission that svn can understand, because permissions are
inherently un-portable from one OS to another.



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