On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:36:26AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > It makes me wonder if there is a better way. > > For example, CVS honors LOGNAME to allow you to "lie" who the author of a > change was, which is the behaviour inherited from RCS. I have to wonder > if SVN has a similar mechanism to tell it "Excuse me, but I am just a > secretary recording changes for my boss." Yes, there is such a mechanism: ==== Revision Property (revprop) Just as files can have properties, so can each revision in the repository. Some special revprops are added automatically when the revision is created, namely: svn:date svn:author svn:log which represent the commit date/time, the committer and the log message respectively. These properties can be edited, but they are not versioned, so any change is permanent and cannot be undone. ==== So, it is possible not only set the real author but also date/time. Unfortunately, there is one problem with this approach -- by default, these properties are disabled from modification for security reasons. To enable modification of these properties, the administrator is required to change some hooks. Personally, I have never observed any SVN repository where anyone was granted the right to change them. So, while it is possible, it is impractical. Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
