Name

svn propedit — Edit the property of one or more items under version control.

Synopsis

svn propedit PROPNAME TARGET...
svn propedit PROPNAME --revprop -r REV [TARGET]

Description

Edit one or more properties using your favorite editor. The first form edits versioned properties in your working copy, and the second edits unversioned remote properties on a repository revision (TARGET determines only which repository to access). See “svn propset” later in this chapter.

Alternate names

pedit, pe.

Changes

Working copy; repository only if operating on a URL.

Accesses repository

Only if operating on a URL.

Options

--editor-cmd EDITOR
--encoding ENC
--file (-F) ARG
--force
--force-log
--message (-m) ARG
--revision (-r) REV
--revprop
--with-revprop ARG

Examples

svn propedit makes it easy to modify properties that have multiple values:

$ svn propedit svn:keywords  foo.c 
    <svn will launch your favorite editor here, with a buffer open
    containing the current contents of the svn:keywords property. You
    can add multiple values to a property easily here by entering one
    value per line.>
Set new value for property 'svn:keywords' on 'foo.c'

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