Hi Andy Thanks for your quick reply.
> The later. Auto-props are applied when you run svn add, so after the > developer has added his encrypted file, he can edit the properties & > make them right. Actually, my previous post was incorrect - the error occurs upon add not commit: C:\>svn add myfile.v svn: File 'myfile.v' has binary mime type property But I have found switch --no-auto-props, which solves the problem: C:\>svn add --no-auto-props myfile.v A (bin) myfile.v Thanks for your help, David