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<em class="replaceable"><code>PROPVAL</code></em> on files, directories,
or revisions. The first example creates a versioned, local
property change in the working copy, and the second
creates an unversioned, remote property change on a
repository revision
(<em class="replaceable"><code>TARGET</code></em> only determines which
repository to access).</p><div class="tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>Subversion has a number of “<span class="quote">special</span>”
properties that affect its behavior. See <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.properties.html" title="Subversion properties">the section called “Subversion properties”</a> for more on these
properties.</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id419983"></a><h2>Alternate Names</h2><p>pset, ps</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id419993"></a><h2>Changes</h2><p>Working copy, repository only if operating on a URL</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id420003"></a><h2>Accesses Repository</h2><p>Only if operating on a URL</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id420013"></a><h2>Options</h2><pre class="screen">
--file (-F) FILE
--quiet (-q)
--revision (-r) REV
--targets FILENAME
--depth ARG
--revprop
--username USER
--password PASS
--no-auth-cache
--non-interactive
--encoding ENC
--force
--config-dir DIR
--changelist ARG
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id420027"></a><h2>Examples</h2><p>Set the mime type on a file:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn propset svn:mime-type image/jpeg foo.jpg
property 'svn:mime-type' set on 'foo.jpg'
</pre><p>On a UNIX system, if you want a file to have the
executable permission set:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn propset svn:executable ON somescript
property 'svn:executable' set on 'somescript'
</pre><p>Perhaps you have an internal policy to set certain
properties for the benefit of your coworkers:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn propset owner sally foo.c
property 'owner' set on 'foo.c'
</pre><p>If you made a mistake in a log message for a
particular revision and want to change it, use
<code class="option">--revprop</code> and set <code class="literal">svn:log</code>
to the new log message:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn propset --revprop -r 25 svn:log "Journaled about trip to New York."
property 'svn:log' set on repository revision '25'
</pre><p>Or, if you don't have a working copy, you can
provide a URL.</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn propset --revprop -r 26 svn:log "Document nap." http://svn.red-bean.com/repos
property 'svn:log' set on repository revision '25'
</pre><p>Lastly, you can tell propset to take its input from
a file. You could even use this to set the contents of a
property to something binary:</p><pre class="screen">
$ svn propset owner-pic -F sally.jpg moo.c
property 'owner-pic' set on 'moo.c'
</pre><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>By default, you cannot modify revision properties
in a Subversion repository. Your repository
administrator must explicitly enable revision property
modifications by creating a hook named
<code class="literal">pre-revprop-change</code>. See <a class="xref" href="svn.reposadmin.create.html#svn.reposadmin.create.hooks" title="Implementing Repository Hooks">the section called “Implementing Repository Hooks”</a> for more information on
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