On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name>
wrote:
> Dan Ellis wrote on Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 15:43:00 -0700:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We use some custom properties for tracking (e.g. my_prop:trace_to
> > req_12345) and have noticed that svn renames do not copy these across the
> > delete/add operation. I've tried searching the archives to see if I
> could
> > find a rationale as to why, but haven't come across any.
> >
>
> 'svn cp' and 'svn mv' do copy properties across. How exactly are you
> invoking those operations? Are you perhaps using a wrapper that does
> 'svn rm && svn add'? Can you show us a transcript?
>
> On my system I see it working:
>
> [[[
> % svn pl -v baz
> Properties on 'baz':
> k
> v
> % svn mv baz foo
> A foo
> D baz
> % svn ci -q -mm
> % svn pl -v foo
> Properties on 'foo':
> k
> v
> ]]]
>
> > I'm guessing this could be legitimately viewed as a feature or a problem,
> > depending on your point of view.
> >
> > Is there a viable option to try and get svn renames to copy these over?
> >
>
> Including properties in mv/cp is the default behaviour and cannot be
> turned off (except by doing 'svn propdel' after the cp/mv and before
> committing).
>
> What version of the client are you using?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
>
This is specific to the rename operation (svn 1.8.9, win7):
c:\Project_files\sandbox>svn pl -v BBBB.txt
Properties on 'BBBB.txt':
myprop:trace_to
req12345
c:\Project_files\sandbox>svn rename BBBB.txt TTTT.txt
A TTTT.txt
D BBBB.txt
c:\Project_files\sandbox>svn pl -v TTTT.txt
c:\Project_files\sandbox>
