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sr #110566: `svn propset svn:log` is rejected

Submitter:  Oliver Kellogg <okellogg>
Submitted:  Sun 14 Nov 2021 01:12:45 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Source code repositories - developer access Priority:  5 - Normal
Severity:  1 - Wish Status:  Wont Do
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Operating System:  None Open/Closed:  Closed
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Mon 28 Aug 2023 12:59:05 AM UTC, comment #3: 

Savannah's Subversion has been in place for many years with the
current configuration.  This predates my involvement by a long time.
It was always conveyed to me that it was meant as a permanent
repository for Free Software.  Rather similar to publishing
information in a traditional book or a newspaper.  Once something has
been published it has been published.

Certainly if something escaped that was illegal or posed a danger to
someone or was otherwise significantly important to redact then we
could dump the repository and filter out the required information.
But it's rather a big deal to do this with subversion.

For normal things with subversion it is expected that if something
needs to be changed that it will simply be changed and a new commit
with that change committed.  It will record the history correctly that
it was one way at one point in time and then it was changed to be
different at a later point in time.  That's the normal expectation.

It has been a while since I have been deeply knowledgeable about svn
configurations, I have slept many times since then, and I forget the
details of it.  Is this a question that is important enough that I
need to learn it again in order to answer your question in more
detail?

Bob Proulx <rwp>
Site Administrator
Fri 25 Aug 2023 11:19:27 PM UTC, comment #2: 

i understood that SVN does not allow to rewrite files for an already-done commit, in any way.

do you mean SVN does not allow the server to allow rewrite only the user's log messages, but not those from other users ?
that is : if the server allows rewrite the user's log messages, it always allows rewrite log messages from any user too ?

Thomas De Contes <tdecontes>
Sat 20 Nov 2021 06:34:18 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi - I certainly understand the desire, but since Savannah's purpose is a permanent and public repository of free software, being able to rewrite things that have been committed, including their log messages, isn't something that's enabled. At least that's my understanding. --best, karl.

Karl Berry <karl>
Site Administrator
Sun 14 Nov 2021 01:12:45 AM UTC, original submission:  

For fixing a bad commit message, I tried
  svn propset svn:log --revprop
on a commit previously done by myself.
This was rejected as follows:

svn: E165006: Repository has not been enabled to accept revision propchanges;
ask the administrator to create a pre-revprop-change hook

Is there a way to enable this?
Thanks.

Oliver Kellogg <okellogg>

 

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