ch03: svn:keywords failing on UTF-16 files as they are treated binary

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#96 ch03: svn:keywords failing on UTF-16 files as they are treated binary

Milestone: en-1.6

Status: Fixed

Owner: nobody

Labels: None

Priority: Medium

Type: Defect

Updated: 2011-08-29

Created: 2010-09-09

Creator: Anonymous

Private: No

Originally created by: mdhcrug...@aim.com
Originally owned by: cmpilato

After some 2 hours beating about the bushes I finally found out why subversion and tortoise svn were refusing to substitute svn:keywords.

The XML file i was using was saved as UTF-16 and subversion does handle UTF-16 as binary. HOW THE HECK SHOULD A THINKING PERSON COME UP THAT AN XML FILE IS TREATED BINARY ?!

So please for the sake of others do point out that UTF-16 text files and binary files cannot be used for keyword substitution. Or even make SVN chocke on svn:keywords for binary files.

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Anonymous - 2010-09-13

Originally posted by: cmpilato

Frustration towards Subversion's behavior is mis-aimed if voiced in this issue tracker. Here, we bother only with documenting that behavior. As such, you're correct that the book should discuss Subversion's handling of UTF-16-encoded files. Thanks for the report.

Labels: Milestone-en-1.6

*Originally posted by:* [cmpilato](http://code.google.com/u/cmpilato/) Frustration towards Subversion's behavior is mis-aimed if voiced in this issue tracker.  Here, we bother only with documenting that behavior.  As such, you're correct that the book should discuss Subversion's handling of UTF-16-encoded files.  Thanks for the report. **Labels:** Milestone-en-1.6

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Anonymous - 2011-06-28

Originally posted by: cmpilato

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Owner: cmpilato

*Originally posted by:* [cmpilato](http://code.google.com/u/cmpilato/) *\(No comment was entered for this change.\)* **Owner:** cmpilato

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Anonymous - 2011-07-06

Originally posted by: cmpilato

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Summary: ch03: svn:keywords failing on UTF-16 files as they are treated binary

*Originally posted by:* [cmpilato](http://code.google.com/u/cmpilato/) *\(No comment was entered for this change.\)* **Summary:** ch03: svn:keywords failing on UTF-16 files as they are treated binary

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Anonymous - 2011-07-15

Originally posted by: cmpilato

Pushing this off as not-strictly-needed-for-1.6-coverage. (Trying to get to the 1.7 work sooner rather than later.)

Labels: Milestone-en-1.7

*Originally posted by:* [cmpilato](http://code.google.com/u/cmpilato/) Pushing this off as not-strictly-needed-for-1.6-coverage.  \(Trying to get to the 1.7 work sooner rather than later.\) **Labels:** Milestone-en-1.7

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Anonymous - 2011-08-29

Originally posted by: cmpilato

Fixed in [r4039]. Backported in [r4040].

Labels: -Milestone-en-1.7 Milestone-en-1.6

*Originally posted by:* [cmpilato](http://code.google.com/u/cmpilato/) Fixed in [r4039].  Backported in [r4040]. **Labels:** -Milestone-en-1.7 Milestone-en-1.6

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Anonymous - 2011-08-29

Originally posted by: cmpilato

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Status: Fixed

*Originally posted by:* [cmpilato](http://code.google.com/u/cmpilato/) *\(No comment was entered for this change.\)* **Status:** Fixed

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