Downloading a file using a web browser

[Carmela Stuart <c....@CableLabs.com>]

When I browse the repository using my web browser, the contents of a
text file are rendered in my browser.  Is there an easy way to have the
file downloaded to my local machine from the server instead of rendering
it in my browser using only my browser (without using the svn client
directly).?
 
Thanks,
 
Carmela
 
 

Re: Downloading a file using a web browser

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

On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 17:14, Carmela Stuart wrote:
> When I browse the repository using my web browser, the contents of a
> text file are rendered in my browser. 

This is has nothing to do with Subversion, but rather how to use your
web browser.  Instead of left-clicking on a filename, try right-clicking
and  "saving file as..." or "downloading target..".  The terminology
varies from browser to browser.




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Re: Downloading a file using a web browser

[Toby Johnson <to...@etjohnson.us>]

Carmela Stuart wrote:

> When I browse the repository using my web browser, the contents of a 
> text file are rendered in my browser.  Is there an easy way to have 
> the file downloaded to my local machine from the server instead of 
> rendering it in my browser using only my browser (without using the 
> svn client directly).?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Carmela
>  
>  

When determining whether to display or download a file, your web browser 
looks at its MIME type as reported by the server in the "Content-Type" 
HTTP header. Assuming you're using Apache as your server, you can modify 
Apache's config to send different MIME types for different files, and/or 
use the "svn:mime-type" property 
(http://svnbook.red-bean.com/svnbook/book.html#svn-ch-7-sect-2.3.2) of 
individual files to tell Apache how to set the Content-Type header.

However, setting these to a non-text setting will cause Subversion to 
treat these files as binary, which probably isn't what you want. I would 
definitely look into having Apache override the MIME types for the 
specific locations you're interested in.

toby