Automatic lock-modify-unlock
Different versions of binary files cannot be merged. Therefore versioning of binary files should follow the lock-modify-unlock model[1]. You can force using this model for binary files with a pre-commit script as part of the svn repository. This script verifies that property svn:needs-lock is set on binary files and denies the commit if the property is not available.
1) - create a pre-commit.cmd script in the repository\hooks directory (Windows only):
@echo off set REPOS=%1 set TRANSACTION=%2 set SVNLOOK="c:\Program Files\Subversion\apache2.2\bin\svnlook.exe" set TEMP=c:\temp if exist %TEMP%\tempfile%2 del %TEMP%\tempfile%2 for /f "tokens=1,2 usebackq" %%i in (`%SVNLOOK% changed -t %2 %1`) do @if %%i==A @echo %%j >> %TEMP%\tempfile%2 if not exist %TEMP%\tempfile%2 goto NOFILESADDED for /f "usebackq" %%i in (`findstr /E /I /R "\.bmp.$ \.gif.$ \.ico.$ \.jpeg.$ \.jpg.$ \.png.$ \.tif.$ \.tiff.$ \.doc.$ \.jar.$ \.odt.$ \.pdf.$ \.ppt.$ \.swf.$ \.vsd.$ \.xls.$ \.zip.$" %TEMP%\tempfile%2`) do ( %SVNLOOK% propget -t %2 %1 svn:needs-lock %%i 1> nul 2> nul if ERRORLEVEL 1 ( echo commit denied, binary files must have property svn:needs-lock >&2 type %TEMP%\tempfile%2 >&2 del %TEMP%\tempfile%2 EXIT /B 1 ) ) del %TEMP%\tempfile%2 :NOFILESADDED EXIT /B 0
2) Recursively set svn:needs-lock property on binaries
If you need to apply svn:needs-lock on already existing binaries in a repository, do the following on a client (not on the svn server): - checkout a repository - add to following line to a cmd script (Windows only):
FOR /R c:\full\path\to\repository %%v in (*.bmp *.gif *.ico *.jpeg *.jpg *.png *.tif *.tiff *.doc *.jar *.odc *.odf *.odg *.odi *.odp *.ods *.odt *.pdf *.ppt *.ser *.swf *.vsd *.xls *.zip) do svn propset svn:needs-lock yes %%~fv
- run the script
3) Configure users to automatically use svn:needs-lock property on new binary files
New binary files should have the svn:needs-lock property set, this is verified by the script of step 1. This can be achieved automatically if users configure their svn client config file.
- under windows the SVN config file is "C:\Documents and Settings\[USER_NAME]\Application Data\Subversion\config"
Replace or merge the [miscellany] and [auto-props] sections in the svn config file with the following:
[miscellany] enable-auto-props = yes [auto-props] ### The format of the entries is: ### file-name-pattern = propname[=value][;propname[=value]...] ### The file-name-pattern can contain wildcards (such as '*' and ### '?'). All entries which match will be applied to the file. ### Note that auto-props functionality must be enabled, which ### is typically done by setting the 'enable-auto-props' option. *.bmp = svn:mime-type=image/bmp;svn:needs-lock=* *.gif = svn:mime-type=image/gif;svn:needs-lock=* *.ico = svn:mime-type=image/x-icon;svn:needs-lock=* *.jpeg = svn:mime-type=image/jpeg;svn:needs-lock=* *.jpg = svn:mime-type=image/jpeg;svn:needs-lock=* *.png = svn:mime-type=image/png;svn:needs-lock=* *.tif = svn:mime-type=image/tiff;svn:needs-lock=* *.tiff = svn:mime-type=image/tiff;svn:needs-lock=* *.doc = svn:mime-type=application/msword;svn:needs-lock=* *.jar = svn:mime-type=application/octet-stream;svn:needs-lock=* *.odc = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart;svn:needs-lock=* *.odf = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula;svn:needs-lock=* *.odg = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics;svn:needs-lock=* *.odi = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.image;svn:needs-lock=* *.odp = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation;svn:needs-lock=* *.ods = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet;svn:needs-lock=* *.odt = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;svn:needs-lock=* *.pdf = svn:mime-type=application/pdf;svn:needs-lock=* *.ppt = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.ms-powerpoint;svn:needs-lock=* *.ser = svn:mime-type=application/octet-stream;svn:needs-lock=* *.swf = svn:mime-type=application/x-shockwave-flash;svn:needs-lock=* *.vsd = svn:mime-type=application/x-visio;svn:needs-lock=* *.xls = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.ms-excel;svn:needs-lock=* *.zip = svn:mime-type=application/zip;svn:needs-lock=*