Subversion timed commit

Question

I've got a folder under version control; the contents aren't source, but they are binaries that are modified frequently and would generally get committed once a day.

Problem is, the consumers of those files can't grasp the concept for source control, they don't realistically have access to the folder in question and 'they can't be bothered' to commit once a day.

What I'd like to do, is have an auto-commit, once a day (4 am) of that folder. Are there any existing tools, or do I have to write one?

Answer 1

You could set up an auto-commit using cron or at and a script file calling the appropriate svn ci commands on each client PC. Auto-committing is not a good idea IMO:

• Broken, unfinished code might get checked in
• any changes will not be documented

but I understand from your description that this may not matter in your case.