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On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 09:38, Petra Langebroek <petra.langebr...@awi.de> wrote: > > On 1 Sep 2010, at 3:27 PM, Andy Levy wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 06:31, Petra Langebroek <petra.langebr...@awi.de> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I am using an relatively old version of subversion (1.3.1) and would like to > edit a log file that I already committed to the main repository. > > The normal solutions of changing the properties > > svn propedit -r N --revprop svn:log URL > > or > > svnadmin setlog -r <Rev. Nr> --bypass-hooks <File with log-message> > > dont work, because this version had no "hooks" directory. > > Any help is greatly appreciated! > > Subversion has had hook scripts since before 1.3. Why does your > repository not have a "hooks" directory at all? Did you delete it? > What is the *actual* error message you get - please don't just say "it > doesn't work" - there should be a useful error message returned. > > > I have no clue why I don't have this hooks directory, I never deleted it. > Maybe because I did not set up the initial project, only joined an already > existing project, and just "checkout" the project? Hooks are on the server, not in your working copy. They reside in the same directory as the repository. > If I type: > svn propset svn:log "Added wisosw_d as input file" -r65 --revprop > Error: > svn: DAV request failed; it's possible that the repository's > pre-revprop-change hook either failed or is non-existent > svn: At least one property change failed; repository is unchanged > If I type: > svnadmin setlog -r 65 --bypass-hooks newlog.txt > (Where newlog.txt is "Added wisosw_d as input file".) > Error: > svnadmin: Exactly one file argument required What does svnadmin setlog take for parameters (I haven't had 1.3 around for years, so I don't recall)? svnadmin help setlog
