Setting “svn:needs-lock” property recursively on a folder in repository

[mercuryman]

Hi,

I am trying to set “svn:needs-lock” property recursively on a folder inside a repository. One of my project teams needs to be notified to lock the file before editing it from a particular folder. They want to do this on the server itself rather than the working copy in eclipse.

I could set this property recursively on all the revisions using following command

svn propset svn:needs-lock --revprop –r ‘HEAD’ yes –R file://var/svn/repos1/folder1

(above command is for example, I actually created a small script to recursively set this property on all the revisions)

I made sure this property set by using “svn propget” command and also looking at the revision property file in “db” directory. It looks good there.

When I checkout the folder in eclipse it is checked out in Read/Write mode, where I expect it to be in Read Only mode. I could not find the reason for this. I am not able to figure out what wrong I am doing. Can someone please explain how to set this property on repository & make sure it is inherited by each new revision automatically?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

[Bob Archer]

> I am trying to set “svn:needs-lock” property recursively on a
> folder inside
> a repository. One of my project teams needs to be notified to lock
> the file
> before editing it from a particular folder. They want to do this on
> the
> server itself rather than the working copy in eclipse.
>
> I could set this property recursively on all the revisions using
> following
> command
>
> svn propset svn:needs-lock --revprop –r ‘HEAD’ yes –R
> file://var/svn/repos1/folder1
>
> (above command is for example, I actually created a small script to
> recursively set this property on all the revisions)
>
> I made sure this property set by using “svn propget” command and
> also
> looking at the revision property file in “db” directory. It looks
> good
> there.
>
> When I checkout the folder in eclipse it is checked out in
> Read/Write mode,

svn:needs-lock needs to be a versioned property not a revprop. That is probably why it isn't working.



BOb

> where I expect it to be in Read Only mode. I could not find the
> reason for
> this. I am not able to figure out what wrong I am doing. Can
> someone please
> explain how to set this property on repository & make sure it is
> inherited
> by each new revision automatically?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
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[Andy Levy]

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 15:06, Bob Archer <bob.archer@...> wrote:

>> I am trying to set “svn:needs-lock” property recursively on a
>> folder inside
>> a repository. One of my project teams needs to be notified to lock
>> the file
>> before editing it from a particular folder. They want to do this on
>> the
>> server itself rather than the working copy in eclipse.
>>
>> I could set this property recursively on all the revisions using
>> following
>> command
>>
>> svn propset svn:needs-lock --revprop –r ‘HEAD’ yes –R
>> file://var/svn/repos1/folder1
>>
>> (above command is for example, I actually created a small script to
>> recursively set this property on all the revisions)
>>
>> I made sure this property set by using “svn propget” command and
>> also
>> looking at the revision property file in “db” directory. It looks
>> good
>> there.
>>
>> When I checkout the folder in eclipse it is checked out in
>> Read/Write mode,
>
> svn:needs-lock needs to be a versioned property not a revprop. That is probably why it isn't working.

Which also means that specifying a revision is not needed.
And versioned properties need to be set in a working copy, not via URL.
And a file:// URL should have 3 slashes in it, not 2.

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