Re: [SVN-MIGRATION] Re: [PEAR-DEV] Request for testers: svn.php.net

[email protected] (Markus Fischer) Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:56:46 +0100
Newsgroups svn.migration
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

Igor Feghali wrote:
> It would be handy to be able to edit commit messages:
> 
> $ svn propedit --revprop svn:log -r HEAD hoho
> 
> 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

I'm against editing commit messages in this manner, the book pretty
explanatory describes [1] the issues, purposes and workarounds for it
which, I think, are sufficient.

Or are you talking about promoting a group of users granting them this
special right for which the local administrator for this special
purposes would not fit?

- Markus

[1]
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-book.html#svn.ref.reposhooks.pre-revprop-change