On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Ryan Schmidt < subversion-20...@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> On Jun 7, 2010, at 00:01, Ravi Roy wrote: > > > Just curious if there is a way out to set auto-props for certain binary > files on server side ? > > No, there isn't, not a supported way, anyway. > > This has come up countless times on the mailing list before. I'm sure you > can find the discussions in the archives at http://svn.haxx.se/users/ > > The strategy I recommend is to install a pre-commit hook that rejects > commits that do not conform to your guidelines (regarding properties or > otherwise). Also install a Subversion config file on each client to automat > the setting of properties that match your guidelines. > > The other strategy is to write a post-commit hook that sets the properties > you require. However this is not recommended because it means the server has > to manage a working copy. It also means if a client commits a file that > doesn't have the properties, the server will add them, and then the client's > file will be immediately out of date and the user will have to run "svn up" > to get the update from the server. The user won't expect to need to do this > so this will be confusing to the user. > > > Thanks Ryan for quick reply. I would check this throug pre-commit hook. Regards, -RR