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From:       "Johan Appelgren" <johan.appelgren () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-08-31 15:07:15
Message-ID: 1844048f0608310807l12a83eb1rfca72b04336ce9c1 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 8/31/06, graham.coles@the-logic-group.com
<graham.coles@the-logic-group.com> wrote:
> I am having a problem with setting auto-props on files from the default
> config file.
>
> I have set up a very short config entry for subversion running on linux in
> /etc/subversion/config containing the following:
>
>         # no-unlock = yes
>         enable-auto-props = yes
>         [auto-props]
>         *.doc = svn:needs-lock;svn:mime-type=application/msword
>
> Importing a file using file:///... from my local account works fine and
> the properties are set accordingly. If I override the properties in my
> file in my local ~/.subversion/config file, these are set instead, which
> appears to be working as expected.
>
> However, I also access the repository remotely over ssh from Windows and
> in this instance if I have local settings in my Application
> Data\Subversion\config file it also sets these properties when importing
> instead of the /etc ones. So far so good.
>
> The problem arises when this file's contents are commented out (as per the
> default local config file) in which case subversion just imports a .doc
> file as though no config exists, ignoring the mime type and needs-lock
> property. For some reason, it does NOT apply the settings in
> /etc/subversion/config.
>
> Is this the expected behaviour for subversion when dealing with remote
> clients or is it a bug -- I thought the whole point of the global
> /etc/subversion config settings file was to provide a default handling on
> the server where the options weren't specified by the client.
>
> This problem occurs both when using the svn import command or tortoise.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem?
>
> Any ideas or comments would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Graham Coles
>

The subversion configuration area is for subversion clients, not the
server. It is to provide default settings for the /local/ client,
configured per-user or machine-wide.

I think this enhancement request is what you want
http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1974

/Johan

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