Re: [boost] [SVN] Trouble with commitment

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-12 14:49:14

On Sep 12, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Paul A Bristow wrote:

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
>> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Robert Ramey
>> Sent: 12 September 2007 16:58
>> To: boost_at_[hidden]
>> Subject: [boost] [SVN] Trouble with commitment
>>
>> In trying to commit an update, I'm getting the following message:
>>
>> Error    Commit failed(details follow)
>> Error    MERGE request failed on
>> '/svn/boost/branches/serialization_next_release/regression'
>> Error    'pre-commit" hook failed with error output:
>>
>> And that's it - no indication of what I might to do permit
>> this go through.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>
> I also got this message when file type was wrong/no registered in  
> MY config file.
>
> eg .qbk
>
> Is it a funny type?

The lack of an error message seems to be a bug in some versions of  
the Subversion client. I haven't found a workaround (yet), but we  
should keep looking.

The Subversion repository is probably rejecting your file because it  
doesn't have a mime-type.  Does your Subversion config file have the  
following in the auto-props section?

        *.qbk        = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime- 
type=text/plain

This line was added late to http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/ 
BoostSubversion , so not everyone has added it into their local  
config files. This will assign appropriate properties to a .qbk file  
when you "svn add" it, and get past the pre-commit checker.

        - Doug