Server side controlling properties

[wimpunk <wi...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I'm wondering if there's a way to set properties on a file when 
importing it into a repository.  As far as I know and found in the 
documentation I can control if it's set using the hook scripts but can't 
I force it to be set server side.  Is this correct?

Kind regards,

wimpunk.


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Re: Server side controlling properties

[Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>]

On Mar 12, 2008, at 02:54, wimpunk wrote:

> I'm wondering if there's a way to set properties on a file when  
> importing it into a repository.  As far as I know and found in the  
> documentation I can control if it's set using the hook scripts but  
> can't I force it to be set server side.  Is this correct?

That's basically correct. You can't [1] set file properties in a hook  
script. You can only check in the pre-commit script that all your  
required properties are set, and if they aren't, you can reject the  
transaction. Users can set up auto-props to make setting properties  
before committing easier.


[1] Well, you could immediately do a second commit to set the  
required properties. But that's a mess, because you have to maintain  
a working copy on the server, and you have to make sure you don't act  
on the revisions that your script is committing, and it means that  
users' working copies could immediately be out of sync with the  
repository and users should run "svn update" shortly after doing each  
"svn commit" to receive those property changes... Better not to do  
this and instead educate users on doing it right themselves.



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