Alex, the '.tmpl' scripts in the hooks directory are there for reference purposes only. If you want the script to be executed, it needs to be named 'pre-revprop-change' with no extension, and have execute permission.
Tony. ________________________________ From: Alexander Shenkin [mailto:subvers...@shenkin.org] Sent: 25 January 2012 15:10 To: users@subversion.apache.org Subject: Errors with mtime-retaining import script: pre-revprop-change issue? Hello, I'm using the svn import script by Oliver Betz to retain file mtime upon initial import (http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2006-10/1345.shtml), but i'm getting some errors. I'm hoping someone might be able to help me out. when i run the script, i get the following error: $ perl importWithMtime.pl svn propset svn:date 2001-10-29T18:34:10.000000Z --revprop -r HEAD svn: E175002: DAV request failed; it's possible that the repository's pre-revprop-change hook either failed or is non-existent svn: E175008: At least one property change failed; repository is unchanged svn: E175002: Error setting property 'date': Repository has not been enabled to accept revision propchanges; ask the administrator to create a pre-revprop-change hook I do have a pre-revprop-change.tmpl hook in the repository. It contains the code below. I'm using VisualSVN 2.5.2 on a Windows 7 x64 machine with Cygwin Perl and TortoiseSVN. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Alex ------------------- $ cat pre-revprop-change.tmpl #!/bin/sh # PRE-REVPROP-CHANGE HOOK # # The pre-revprop-change hook is invoked before a revision property # is added, modified or deleted. Subversion runs this hook by invoking # a program (script, executable, binary, etc.) named 'pre-revprop-change' # (for which this file is a template), with the following ordered # arguments: # # [1] REPOS-PATH (the path to this repository) # [2] REV (the revision being tweaked) # [3] USER (the username of the person tweaking the property) # [4] PROPNAME (the property being set on the revision) # [5] ACTION (the property is being 'A'dded, 'M'odified, or 'D'eleted) # # [STDIN] PROPVAL ** the new property value is passed via STDIN. # # If the hook program exits with success, the propchange happens; but # if it exits with failure (non-zero), the propchange doesn't happen. # The hook program can use the 'svnlook' utility to examine the # existing value of the revision property. # # WARNING: unlike other hooks, this hook MUST exist for revision # properties to be changed. If the hook does not exist, Subversion # will behave as if the hook were present, but failed. The reason # for this is that revision properties are UNVERSIONED, meaning that # a successful propchange is destructive; the old value is gone # forever. We recommend the hook back up the old value somewhere. # # On a Unix system, the normal procedure is to have 'pre-revprop-change' # invoke other programs to do the real work, though it may do the # work itself too. # # Note that 'pre-revprop-change' must be executable by the user(s) who will # invoke it (typically the user httpd runs as), and that user must # have filesystem-level permission to access the repository. # # On a Windows system, you should name the hook program # 'pre-revprop-change.bat' or 'pre-revprop-change.exe', # but the basic idea is the same. # # The hook program typically does not inherit the environment of # its parent process. For example, a common problem is for the # PATH environment variable to not be set to its usual value, so # that subprograms fail to launch unless invoked via absolute path. # If you're having unexpected problems with a hook program, the # culprit may be unusual (or missing) environment variables. # # Here is an example hook script, for a Unix /bin/sh interpreter. # For more examples and pre-written hooks, see those in # the Subversion repository at # http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/tools/hook-scripts/ and # http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/contrib/hook-scripts/ REPOS="$1" REV="$2" USER="$3" PROPNAME="$4" ACTION="$5" if [ "$ACTION" = "M" -a "$PROPNAME" = "svn:log"<svn:log> ]; then exit 0; fi echo "Changing revision properties other than svn:log is prohibited" >&2 exit 1 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4764 - Release Date: 01/24/12 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________