On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:12:22 +0100 Johan Corveleyn <jcor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Manfred Lotz <manfred.l...@arcor.de> > wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:34:12 +0100 > > Johan Corveleyn <jcor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Manfred Lotz > >> <manfred.l...@arcor.de> wrote: > >> > Hi there, > >> > Assuming I need this for a certain repository: > >> > > >> > [miscellany] > >> > enable-auto-props = yes > >> > > >> > [auto-props] > >> > *.c = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Author Date Id Revision > >> > > >> > > >> > Is it possible to enable this locally for the repository. This > >> > would have the advantage that new project people checking out > >> > have the right setting from the beginning without any danger to > >> > forget setting this in their ~/.subversion/config. > >> > >> If your users use svn 1.8 clients, you can use the new-in-1.8 > >> repository-dictated configuration feature. See here: > >> > >> http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#repos-dictated-config > >> > > > > Thanks, that was new to me. Does it also require a certain version > > for the subversion server? > > > > No, it's also supported with older servers. But a 1.8 server will give > better performance when the client asks for inherited properties > (which is the mechanism used to implement the repository-dictated > configuration) [1]. I don't know how much difference it makes in > practice (I don't use the feature myself yet). I guess it depends > heavily on your repository size and structure (deeply nested vs. > shallow directory structures). > > [1] > http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#new-feature-compatibility-table > I see. Thanks for the explanations. -- Manfred
