On May 4, 2010, at 8:39 , Karl Fogel wrote: > Mark Slade <markandrewsl...@gmail.com> writes: >> Per your Issue Tracker Guidelines, I am seeking somebody who agrees >> that this is a bug before I submit it. >> >> Overview: For files, 'svn mv' does not properly inherit ACL >> permissions from the parent directory. >> >> Steps to reproduce (from a subversion working directory): >> 1. setfacl -d -m user:$USER:r-x . >> 2. touch foobar >> 3. svn add foobar >> 4. svn commit -m 'test' foobar >> 5. svn mv foobar barfoo >> 6. getfacl barfoo >> >> If you check the ACL for barfoo after steps 2, 3, and 4, you will see >> that it has properly inherited the user:jdoe:r-x permission. After >> step 5, you will see that barfoo has not. You can circumvent this >> behavior by using "mv" instead of "svn mv" in step 5. In this case, >> you need to "svn delete foobar" and "svn add barfoo" before you can >> commit the move. >> >> Details: >> CentOS release 5.4 (Final), svn 1.4.2 (from yum) >> >> I'm not sure what else is relevant, so fire away if you have questions. > > So just to clarify: > > The expectation is *not* that Subversion would version these ACLS, but > rather that, on the client side, an 'svn mv foo bar' would preserve > foo's ACLS so that bar has the same ACLs (locally). > > IOW, you would not expect that when the 'svn mv' is committed and > someone *else* checks out a working copy with the new bar in it, that > bar to have the ACLs, right? > > (Btw, I think it's better to just use "foo" and "bar" -- it's a bit hard > to keep track of "foobar" vs "barfoo", mentally :-) .) > > Stephen Butler, I saw your later followup, but were you clear on how > limited Mark's proposal actually is? > > -Karl
Ooops, I see I misunderstood the proposal. Thanks, Karl. So, Mark, go ahead and open the issue. It'd be nice to reproduce it using the latest Subversion release (1.6.11). Cheers, Steve -- Stephen Butler | Software Developer elego Software Solutions GmbH Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25 | 13355 Berlin | Germany fon: +49 30 2345 8696 | mobile: +49 163 25 45 015 fax: +49 30 2345 8695 | http://www.elegosoft.com Geschäftsführer: Olaf Wagner | Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HRB 77719 | USt-IdNr: DE163214194
