Question

We are using TortoiseSVN for a project. One file in this project has a special status. It can be modified locally but the SVN version must not be modified.

So, I have locked the file so that noone, unless me, can modify this file. Now I am searching a way so that even me cannot modify this file. Do you know if it is possible and how?

Thanks for your answer.

Answer 1

Add a serverside pre-commit hook that rejects commits touching that file.

See http://wordaligned.org/articles/a-subversion-pre-commit-hook

There is an example function listing all affected files. To make the script reject the commit, write “You cannot modify THENAMEOFTHEFILE” to STDERR and exit with an error code. For example sys.stderr.write("ProjectThingyFile.txt is read-only.\n"); sys.exit(1)