A more Subversion-ish solution would be to add custom Properties (see the 
description in the SVN book [1]) to the folders to store the descriptions. 
They fit a literal interpretation of being "exportable", for example using 
the command line client svn proplist -v [folder]. Depending on your client 
and server they may be more or less visible for the users.

Kind regards,
Daniel

[1] https://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.props.html


fredag 20 maj 2022 kl. 12:28:01 UTC+2 skrev Bruce C:

> A very simply solution would be to create a ReadMe file for each folder, 
> either as a simple text format or Markdown format 
> <https://www.markdownguide.org/> [https://www.markdownguide.org/]. This 
> could describe the purpose of the folder. However, that wouldn't include a 
> dynamic list of the files in the folder.
>
> Alternatively, if you are documenting source code, perhaps you could use a 
> documentation tool (e.g. Doxygen <https://doxygen.nl/index.html> [
> https://doxygen.nl/index.html]). That particular tool has a command 
> <https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/commands.html#cmddir> [
> https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/commands.html#cmddir] to document the 
> containing folder.
>
> Neither of these solutions is especially related to Subversion. Given that 
> you've asked the question here, perhaps you had specific Subversion 
> capabilities that you wanted to consider further. If you are more specific, 
> perhaps someone will have suggestions that relate more to Subversion.
>
> Hope this helps.
> On Friday, 20 May 2022 at 10:59:16 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We are looking for a way (or the best way) to add descriptions to folders 
>> (i.e. what does it contain) and files (i.e. what does it do and what is it 
>> used for). 
>> This information should be exportable in an overview, so it can be used 
>> to check the contents of a folder and its subfolders for users who are 
>> unfamiliar with the project or looking for something.
>>
>> Does anyone know a way or perhaps the best way to do this?
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Jonas Bertels
>> Belgium
>>
>

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