On 22.10.2013 07:13, Branko Čibej wrote: > On 21.10.2013 18:16, Attila Nagy wrote: >> On 10/15/2013 08:09 AM, Attila Nagy wrote: >>> I store OS images in svn, so I need to record file permissions and >>> ownership. For this, I use properties. >>> But svn changes real file permissions: >> OK, long story short. Isn't this a security issue? > No, because Subversion does not promise to restore original file > permissions, and therefore you shouldn't rely on it to do so. > > There used to be a Unix-specific patch for storing and restoring the > permissions bits, but it does not appear to be mantained.
And moreover the working copy keeps a pristine version of every (committed) file; those pristine versions are also created with the default permissions dictated by umask. -- Brane -- Branko Čibej | Director of Subversion WANdisco // Non-Stop Data e. br...@wandisco.com
