Is there a way to have commit comments added to changed files on 'svn commit'. I have been told there is a way to do this with cvs, but we use svn. Currently, we have it add the revision number to changed files with '$Revision' keyword.
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3You have 0 accepted answers of 9 posted question, and that is not nice. More people would help you if you accept answers to your question.Dialecticus– Dialecticus2010-11-12 18:06:54 +00:00Commented Nov 12, 2010 at 18:06
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Oh. Did not know that I had to accept answers, just always voted them up. Thanks.NullPointer0x00– NullPointer0x002011-03-02 20:17:54 +00:00Commented Mar 2, 2011 at 20:17
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We migrated from PVCS to SVN and found that they do not have off-the-shelf support for these type of comments which we also think are valuable. All I found was the reason behind it on a FAQ from the SVN guys.
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I think the only way to do this would be to use a pre or post commit hook. Looking at SvnBook it does not appear that the commit message is part of the available variables http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.props.special.keywords.html
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I must be missing something here because comments are part of the svn commit command.
Here's a quick example: $ svn commit -m "added howto section."
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NullPointer0x00
yes...you are missing something, as am I. I use the svn commit -m "foo" everyday, but a coworker of mine claims that with cvs on a commit, for all the changed files your commit can be placed at the top of the file. So next person working on it will know possible changes.
Nikodemus RIP
Unfortunately, this answer totally misses the point. The OP does know how to add a comment. The question is how to include it in a file. (Like the header of a source code, or a README.txt)
Short answer:
No, you can't do it Subversion
Explanation:
- Subversion has not internal keyword $Log$
- Changing content of transaction (during transaction, in pre-commit hook) is strictly prohibited (because it may give unpredictable results)
At last:
Log-message inside changed file is almost useless, because you can always use svn log -r REV, and get REV of last change for file with existing keyword. Just re-think about used post-CVS techiques
