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Management of SVN Properties

In the Properties view you can read and set the Apache Subversion™ properties of a file or folder. There is a set of predefined properties with special meaning to Subversion. For more information about properties in Subversion see the SVN Subversion specification. Subversion properties are revision-dependent. After you change, add or delete a property for a resource, you have to commit your changes to the repository.

If you want to change the properties of a given resource you need to select that resource from the Working Copy view and run the Show properties action from the contextual menu. The Properties view will show the local properties for the resource in the working copy. Once the Properties view is visible, it will always present the properties of the currently selected resource. There are actions available in the Properties view toolbar that allows you to add, change, and delete the properties.

If you choose the Add a new property action, a new dialog box will appear that contains the following:
  • Name - Combo box that allows you to enter the name of the property. The drop-down menu of the combo box presents the predefined Subversion properties (such as svn:ignore, svn:externals, svn:needs-lock, etc.)
  • Current value - Text area that allows you to enter the value of the new property.
If the selected item is a directory, you can also set the property recursively on its children by selecting the Set property recursively checkbox.

If you want to change the value for a previously set property, you can use the Edit property action, which will display a dialog box with the following information:

  • Name - Property name (cannot be changed).
  • Current value - The current value (can be changed).
  • Base value - The value of the property, if any, from the resource in the pristine copy (cannot be changed).

If you want to completely remove a property previously set you can choose the Remove property action. It will display a confirmation dialog box where you can also choose if the property will be removed recursively.

There is a Refresh action in the Properties view that can be used when the properties have been changed from outside the view. This can happen, for example, when the view was already presenting the properties of a resource and they have been changed after an Update operation.