file delete -force not deleting everything

[Kevin Ballard]

I don't think this sort of thing is appropriate for a pre-commit hook.

That said, if you want multiple specialized hooks, just write one  
generic hook script which calls all the others in turn.

On Feb 13, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Juan Manuel Palacios wrote:

>> Also, when we finally get around to writing that pre-commit hook  
>> script for the repository, it should check for the use of file  
>> delete or system "rm -rf" and prevent such commits and recommend  
>> the "delete" alternative.
>
>
> 	If svn supports multiple {pre,post}-commit scripts then I'd like  
> to keep each one to specific tasks, one for svn ps and others for  
> their own specific stuff, not one giant "I can handle it all"  
> script. I wrote some days ago asking if any one would volunteer to  
> start putting something together but no one wrote back :-(
>
> 	However, checking for "things we shouldn't be using in Portfiles"  
> seems like a bit of a longshot to me, we handle a good number of  
> special case ports that do things we can't reject, however much we  
> may dislike them. Instead, Portfile writing "good practices" should  
> be documented and advocated where ever we can, I'm at the moment  
> trying to document 'delete' in portfile(7).

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Kevin Ballard
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