Subversion-defined properties

Name

Subversion-defined properties — properties defined by Subversion to control behavior.

Description

Subversion allows users to invent arbitrarily-named versioned properties on files and directories, as well as unversioned properties on revisions. The only restriction is on properties prefixed with “svn:”. Properties in that namespace are reserved for Subversion's own use. While these properties may be set by users to control Subversion's behavior, users may not invent new “svn:” properties.

Versioned Properties

svn:executable

If present on a file, the client will make the file executable in Unix-hosted working copies. See the section called “svn:executable.

svn:mime-type

If present on a file, the value indicates the file's mime-type. This allows the client to decide whether line-based contextual merging is safe to perform during updates, and can also affect how the file behaves when fetched via web browser. See the section called “svn:mime-type.

svn:ignore

If present on a directory, the value is a list of unversioned file patterns to be ignored by svn status and other subcommands. See the section called “svn:ignore

svn:keywords

If present on a file, the value tells the client how to expand particular keywords within the file. See the section called “svn:keywords.

svn:eol-style

If present on a file, the value tells the client how to manipulate the file's line-endings in the working copy. See the section called “svn:eol-style.

svn:externals

If present on a directory, the value is a multi-line list of other paths and URLs the client should check out. See the section called “svn:externals.

svn:special

If present on a file, indicates that the file is not an ordinary file, but a symbolic link or other special object. See the section called “svn:special.

svn:needs-lock

If present on a file, tells the client to make the file read-only in the working copy, as a reminder that the file should be locked before editing begins. See the section called “Lock Communication”.

Unversioned Properties

svn:author

If present, contains the authenticated username of the person who created the revision. (If not present, then the revision was committed anonymously.)

svn:date

Contains the UTC time the revision was created, in ISO format. The value comes from the server machine's clock.

svn:log

Contains the log message describing the revision.

svn:autoversioned

If present, the revision was created via the autoversioning feature. See the section called “Autoversioning”.