Re: Betr.: RE: Betr.: RE: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-20 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Johan Corveleyn wrote on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 13:40:49 +0100: > If someone decides to put a lot of effort in this for a custom > solution, you may want to consider another option: to take a good look > at issue http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2662 > (authz with wildcards), and t

Re: Betr.: RE: Betr.: RE: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-20 Thread Johan Corveleyn
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Jan Keirse wrote: >  David Aldrich schreef op 20/01/2011 10:24:28: > >> Hi Jan >> >> > I've changed my mind, there is something that may be better than >> > externals, although it requires a little trick. >> > You should be able to create a commit hook that check

Betr.: RE: Betr.: RE: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-20 Thread Jan Keirse
David Aldrich schreef op 20/01/2011 10:24:28: > Hi Jan > > > I've changed my mind, there is something that may be better than > > externals, although it requires a little trick. > > You should be able to create a commit hook that checks if the authz file > > reflects the restrictions you want

RE: Betr.: RE: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-20 Thread David Aldrich
Hi Jan > I've changed my mind, there is something that may be better than > externals, although it requires a little trick. > You should be able to create a commit hook that checks if the authz file > reflects the restrictions you want on a specific folder > (*/thesecretfolder/*) for the branch >

Betr.: RE: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-19 Thread Jan Keirse
Jan Keirse schreef op 19/01/2011 10:58:24: > David Aldrich schreef op 19/01/2011 10:42:15: > > > Hi > > > > I'd like to explain my high level problem, which I hoped externals > > would solve. Maybe someone will have a suggestion how to properly > > address this. > > > > Our source code is u

RE: Betr.: RE: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-19 Thread David Aldrich
Hi Jan > In the future hopefully an authz file with wildcards will solve the > problem: > http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2662 > > Right now I don't there's anything better than externals. Thanks, I think that this is what we need. However, I can't see this on the svn roadm

Betr.: RE: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-19 Thread Jan Keirse
David Aldrich schreef op 19/01/2011 10:42:15: > Hi > > I'd like to explain my high level problem, which I hoped externals > would solve. Maybe someone will have a suggestion how to properly > address this. > > Our source code is used by several developer groups. A few files > need to be conf

RE: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-19 Thread David Aldrich
Hi I'd like to explain my high level problem, which I hoped externals would solve. Maybe someone will have a suggestion how to properly address this. Our source code is used by several developer groups. A few files need to be confidential to one group. We can set access permissions on these fil

Re: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-19 Thread Martin Rabl
Hi again, never to old to learn something ... ;-) Am 19.01.2011 10:26, schrieb Martin Rabl: Am 19.01.2011 10:02, schrieb David Aldrich: > to do this, so how can we prevent such commits being made? IMHO there is no way to prevent external commits - it would be contrary to the principles of svn,

RE: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-19 Thread David Aldrich
Hi Martin and Jan > You mean: not to the repository, where the other repository is linked > into via svn:external? Sorry, I have misunderstood the manual. I thought that commits to a file in the folder that has the svn:external property would not be reflected in the source repo. This is not tru

Re: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-19 Thread Martin Rabl
Hi, Am 19.01.2011 10:02, schrieb David Aldrich: 1) Subversion allows you to commit a change within the > directory that uses the svn:external property. > This change will not be committed to the referenced > (source) directory/repo. You mean: not to the repository, where the other repository is

Betr.: Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-19 Thread Jan Keirse
David Aldrich schreef op 19/01/2011 10:02:43: > Hi > > I wonder if anyone would answer the following questions about svn: > external for me please? > > 1) Subversion allows you to commit a change within the directory > that uses the svn:external property. This change will not be > committed t

Questions about svn:externals

2011-01-19 Thread David Aldrich
Hi I wonder if anyone would answer the following questions about svn:external for me please? 1) Subversion allows you to commit a change within the directory that uses the svn:external property. This change will not be committed to the referenced (source) directory/repo. I can't imagine a circ