Hi Michelle,
thanks for the info, this is very helpful!
I agree we should skip the svn:executable flag from the files in the
repository. What about the script createdb.sh from tck20/test/sql/derby?
I think shell scripts should be executable. However, I think we do not
need this script anymore, so let's remove it.
I installed the Subversion 1.2.3 Win32 binaries as you suggested and it
works fine. I decided to remove the subversion component from my cvgwin
installation instead of renaming the svn executable. I'm not sure
whether svn comes with dlls which also need to be renamed.
Would it make sense to add your findings to our SubVersion wiki page
http://wiki.apache.org/jdo/SubversionRepository ? I hope to get more
contributors and committers and they would run into the same problem if
they use svn from cygwin.
Regards Michael
Hi Michelle,
+1
And thanks for running this down.
I don't believe that the JDO project ships anything for which the
executable flag needs to be on. We use maven for executing stuff, and if
maven doesn't care if the -x bit is on, we should not either.
So I agree that the svn:executable flag is just a distraction and we
should remove it from the project. And keep from adding it in future.
Craig
On Aug 31, 2005, at 4:20 PM, Michelle Caisse wrote:
Hi,
There has been discussion here about the Windows subversion client
automatically assigning the executable property to non-executable
files. I believe I have a solution for this. I also suggest that we
clean up the executable properties currently in the repository.
BACKGROUND
Subversion carries executable information in the built-in property
called svn:executable. This property, unlike others, may be present
or absent, but it has no value. You can add it or delete it, but but
you cannot change it.
In theory, subversion ignores Windows file permissions; by default
svn:executable is not set. In fact, cygwin svn acts like Unix svn and
determines the svn:executable property based on file permissions..
If you create a file via the cygwin command line, by default it is
executable only if the filename ends with .bat, .com or .exe*, or if
its content starts with #!. [That's what the doc says, but even in
these cases I get -x.] If you create a file via a Windows tool by
default its Windows permissions are executable by all and cygwin
interprets the Unix-style permissions this way as well. If the file
is executable by all, cygwin svn sets the svn:executable property on
the file.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
(1) I suggest that we run
svn propdel -R svn:executable .
from jdo to remove the svn:executable property from all of the files
in all the projects in the repository and check in the cleansed files.
(2) I suggest that Windows/cygwin users who don't want to have to
think about using svn propdel or chmod use a non-cygwin version of
svn. I installed the Subversion 1.2.3 Win32 binaries from the link at
the bottom of http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html. It
seems to work fine. You will have to add the svn.exe location to your
Windows PATH variable, of course. You will also need to rename the
svn in your cygwin install to something else because when svn is
invoked from a cygwin window, the cygwin version is found even if your
cygwin/bin directory is later on the path.
Alternatively, Windows users could set file permissions in Windows
Explorer. (Right-click on the top-level folder & select Properties.
Select the Security tab. Click Advanced. Remove all instances of Read
& Execute from the Permission Entries. Click "Reset permissions on all
child objects and enable propogations of inheritable permissions".
Click Apply. OK. OK.) You would have to do this again when you do a
clean checkout.
Comments?
-- Michelle
Craig Russell
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