Re: [boost] [conversion] Isolating the phantom file changes problem

Subject: Re: [boost] [conversion] Isolating the phantom file changes problem
From: Gavin Lambert (gavinl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-26 02:06:00

On 26/11/2013 19:54, Quoth Jürgen Hunold:
> boost.svn$ svn proplist libs/pool/doc/images/mb1.svg
> Properties on 'libs/pool/doc/images/mb1.svg':
>    svn:mime-type
> boost.svn$ svn propget svn:mime-type libs/pool/doc/images/mb1.svg
> image/svg+xml
>
> And image/* marks this as "binary". We had this discussion  weeks ago with
> noch real decision.

Just curious: where is that rule coming from?  If it's in the conversion 
code (which seems likely), can it be changed to treat */*+xml as text 
regardless of other rules?

> The final question is how to resolve this. I am not sure which solution is
> best. I'd like to set all text-based files (including .svg and .bat) to
> svn:eol-style native and svn:mime-type text/* in svn and then re-run the
> conversion again. The main reason is that this worked really well for the rest
> of the repository.

That might be easier though, provided they're all found. :)