On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 6:50 AM, Cooke, Mark <mark.co...@siemens.com> wrote: > [Please post inline, it makes it easier to follow...] > >> -------- Message original -------- >> Sujet: Re: Question about subversion >> De : Cooke, Mark <mark.co...@siemens.com> >> Pour : Marc Davenne <marc.dave...@cramif.cnamts.fr>, Andrew Reedick >> <andrew.reed...@cbeyond.net> >> Copie à : "users@subversion.apache.org" <users@subversion.apache.org> >> Date : 27/06/2013 11:40 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Marc Davenne [mailto:marc.dave...@cramif.cnamts.fr] >> >> Sent: 27 June 2013 10:25 >> >> To: Andrew Reedick >> >> Cc: users@subversion.apache.org >> >> Subject: Re: Question about subversion >> >> >> >> Thank you for your answers... all of you >> >> >> >> @Andrew >> >> Thank you, the answers you gave were exactly what I thought >> >> about (I was >> >> a little bit too general when I asked the question) >> >> >> >> - concerning answer number 2 (specific files) >> >> Let's say I have a parameter file with paths for my dev >> environement. >> >> Typically I would not put it on svn because everybody has different >> >> ones... but how to I version the param file (without it the >> >> application does not work) >> > >> > I think it was BOb who gave an answer for that one... What >> I do is to svn:ignore the file itself, then check in a >> default version with a different filename (e.g. extra `.tmpl` >> extension) and provide some sort of `initialisation` script >> that can be used on fresh checkout to copy the template >> file(s) to the right name(s) for use. >> > >> > For exmaple, I have several .ini files to target different >> servers (development, test, site1, site2 etc) all checked in >> with the actual .ini file name ignored. I then copy the >> right one for what I want to the right name. The different >> ini fils are then versioned in the repo. >> > >> > ~ mark c > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Marc Davenne [mailto:marc.dave...@cramif.cnamts.fr] >> Sent: 27 June 2013 11:15 >> To: Cooke, Mark >> Cc: Andrew Reedick; users@subversion.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Question about subversion >> >> I am not sure I understand it very well. When you say it is ignored, >> does it mean it is on svn ? > > The subversion book explains svn:ignore better than I will:- > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.props.special.ignore.html > > In summary: this is a way to tell svn to ignore a file (or filename pattern) > when looking for files to check-in. Hence the file itself is not in the > repo, but your template version(s) is (are). > >> And what is this script that would trigger on checkout ? > > That would be (for me, on windows) a simple batch file (that is also checked > in) that the user knows to run.
Every software building system has some common tools for this. GNU make uses "autoconf" and the resulting ./configure file. X11 used to use "xmkmf" and the "Imakefile". Maven, well, maven has it's own ideas.....
