On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 01:52:08PM +0200, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > Philip Martin wrote on Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 22:21:00 +0000: > > Not sure I follow that. The client changes svn:date before the > > pre-commit hook but the pre-commit cannot currently distingush the > > initial svn:date set at txn create from an svn:date set by the client. > > We need some indication that the client has explicitly set svn:date, > > including deleting it to indicate a revision with no date. > > > > That indication could be the client's authenticated username being "svnsync".
I don't like this idea. It doesn't seem right to enforce a specific username for protocol purposes. Forcing people to use a specific username is awkward with ra_local and svn+ssh.
