How can I prevent users from committing binaries into subversion?

Asked 2010-01-29T22:42:57.293

I have a headstrong user who stubbornly insists on committing his binaries (executables, DLLs) into our subversion repositories. I'd go in and delete them, but of course nothing is ever really deleted from subversion.

While there are times when we need to commit binaries, I don't want users doing it as a matter of routine. I can set an ignore property but that doesn't prevent users from committing binaries if they are really determined. What I'd like to do is be able to control the ability to commit nominated file types, particularly .exe and .dll files, on a directory-by-directory basis.

Is there a way to do that in SVN? If it makes any differentce, we are using VisualSVN server and TortoiseSVN.

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On TortoiseSVN you can have the user add .dll, .exe, etc to the ignore list. That way, they user won't accidentally check them in. See here for more info:

http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-ignore.html

On the server side, as others have stated, you can use a hook script.

answered 2010-01-29T22:56:12.187

You could use a pre-commit hook script that checks if the file is binary or textual.

answered 2010-01-29T22:48:56.580

How can I prevent users from committing binaries into subversion?

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