From: Ben Bleything <ben@...>
Date: 2006-11-03T00:55:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Permissions in SVN folders and Ruby scripts

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006, Max Russell wrote:
> I've thought it might be the permissions and indeed, looking at the SVN 
> Tests directory I noticed that the permissions for both the EVERYONE and 
> My account users are reduced compared to the non-SVN directory of same 
> name.

svn doesn't really pay attention to permissions, so when you check
something out it gets your umask.  You can force things to be marked +x
by adding the svn:executable property; check the svn book
(http://svnbook.red-bean.com) for details.

> If I want to execute the tests in the Subversion enabled directory, and 
> need to change any permissions (to be more permissive) are there any 
> risks for Subversion functionality?

Nope.

Ben