On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Branko Čibej <br...@wandisco.com> wrote:
> When I create an account at [your favourite forge], I tell it my name > and give it one of my e-mail addresses. It is, in my opinion, up to the > forge software to use that in svn:author, not up to local user > preferences. That /is/ a fundamental difference between the centralised > and distributed models. > > Why do forges not do that? I don't know, but it's definitely not because > Subversion doesn't give them fifteen ways of manipulating the svn:author > property. > +1. Furthermore, if the user wants to set their own custom revprops that have nothing to do with svn:author (e.g., svn:federation-id) and end up with a practice by convention rather than by server fiat that tools like reposurgeon can understand, there's plenty of ways for the user *or the server* to add in additional revprops as well. Plus, since revprops aren't versioned, they can always be fixed up after-the-fact to include appropriate svn:federation-id tags...finally, a "feature" of revprops not being versioned! -- justin
