Repository based config

[Manfred Lotz <ma...@arcor.de>]

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.

-- 
Manfred

Re: Repository based config

[Manfred Lotz <ma...@arcor.de>]

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

> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Manfred Lotz <ma...@arcor.de>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:34:12 +0100
> > Johan Corveleyn <jc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Manfred Lotz
> >> <ma...@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

Re: Repository based config

[Johan Corveleyn <jc...@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Manfred Lotz <ma...@arcor.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:34:12 +0100
> Johan Corveleyn <jc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Manfred Lotz <ma...@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

-- 
Johan

Re: Repository based config

[Manfred Lotz <ma...@arcor.de>]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:34:12 +0100
Johan Corveleyn <jc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Manfred Lotz <ma...@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?


-- 
Manfred

Re: Repository based config

[Johan Corveleyn <jc...@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Manfred Lotz <ma...@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

-- 
Johan