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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Joshua Root <jm...@macports.org> on 2013/03/02 16:53:24 UTC

Re: Working copy permissions changed by keyword substitution

On 2013-2-23 15:48 , Joshua Root wrote:
> On 2013-2-23 05:30 , Daniel Shahaf wrote:
>> You need to use '' not "" to escape the $.  (see sh(1) man page)
> 
> Argh, I knew that, but it just didn't register. Thanks.
> 
>> As to your actual problem: I expect the permissions will be reset every
>> time an update or switch changes the file, even if it doesn't have
>> svn:keywords set.  Is it so?
> 
> No, only files in which keyword substitution happens have their
> permissions changed. (I've only actually tested with Id since that's all
> my normal workflow uses.)
> 
> Full, working repro script attached. I'm on OS X 10.7.5 using svn 1.7.8 BTW.

Ping. Am I allowed to file an issue for this?

- Josh
(Please Cc me on replies.)

Re: Working copy permissions changed by keyword substitution

Posted by Daniel Shahaf <d....@daniel.shahaf.name>.
Joshua Root wrote on Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:53:24 +1100:
> On 2013-2-23 15:48 , Joshua Root wrote:
> > On 2013-2-23 05:30 , Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> >> You need to use '' not "" to escape the $.  (see sh(1) man page)
> > 
> > Argh, I knew that, but it just didn't register. Thanks.
> > 
> >> As to your actual problem: I expect the permissions will be reset every
> >> time an update or switch changes the file, even if it doesn't have
> >> svn:keywords set.  Is it so?
> > 
> > No, only files in which keyword substitution happens have their
> > permissions changed. (I've only actually tested with Id since that's all
> > my normal workflow uses.)
> > 
> > Full, working repro script attached. I'm on OS X 10.7.5 using svn 1.7.8 BTW.
> 
> Ping. Am I allowed to file an issue for this?
> 

+1, please.  I suppose we could copy the permissions of the working-tree
file before we replace it.

Thanks,

Daniel

> - Josh
> (Please Cc me on replies.)