Is there a nice comprehensive default mapping file we can glom onto,  
or do we need to gin up our own?

On 2006-06-13, at 15:09 EDT, Jim Grandy wrote:

> If you turn on auto-props in your local config, svn can be directed  
> to use more accurate mime types.
>
> From the svn book:
>
>> Whenever you introduce a file to version control using the svn add  
>> or svn import commands, Subversion runs a
>> very basic heuristic to determine if that file consists of human- 
>> readable or non-human-readable content. If the latter
>> is the decision made, Subversion will automatically set the  
>> svn:mime-type property on that file to applica-
>> tion/octet-stream (the generic “this is a collection of bytes”  
>> MIME type). Of course, if Subversion guesses
>> incorrectly, or if you wish to set the svn:mime-type property to  
>> something more precise—perhaps image/png
>> or application/x-shockwave-flash—you can always remove or edit  
>> that property.
>>
>> Subversion also provides the auto-props feature, which allows you  
>> to create mappings of filename patterns to prop-
>> erty names and values. These mappings are made in your runtime  
>> configuration area. They again affect adds and im-
>> ports, and not only can override any default MIME type decision  
>> made by Subversion during those operations, they
>> can also set additional Subversion or custom properties, too. For  
>> example, you might create a mapping that says that
>> any time you add JPEG files—ones that match the pattern *.jpg— 
>> Subversion should automatically set the
>> svn:mime-type property on those files to image/jpeg. Or perhaps  
>> any files that match *.cpp should have
>> svn:eol-style set to native, and svn:keywords set to Id. Auto-prop  
>> support is perhaps the handiest
>> property related tool in the Subversion toolbox. See the section  
>> called “Config” for more about configuring that sup-
>> port.
>
> On Jun 13, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Philip Romanik wrote:
>
>> Hi Tucker,
>>
>> Do I need to specify the file type as image/gif? When I added this  
>> file I
>> did not specify any arguments to svn. How do I specify or change  
>> the MIME
>> type of a file in subversion?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>> On 2006-06-13, at 10:50 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Property changes on: openlaszlo/branches/legals/test/lztest/1x1.gif
>>>> ___________________________________________________________________
>>>> Name: svn:mime-type
>>>>    + application/octet-stream
>>>
>>> Not image/gif ?
>>
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