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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both">Advanced Configuration</h2>
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<div class="section" id="config.advanced.directory_properties">
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<h3 class="title">Directory Properties</h3>
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<p>
The following options allow Subversion Directory Properties to be stored
as versioned files in Perforce. To enable this mode set the following
property to <code class="literal">true</code>:
</p><pre lang="ini" class="programlisting">
com.p4convert.svn.propEnabled=true
</pre><p>
To select the property name and format: (Note: only
<code class="literal">ini</code> mode is supported)
</p><pre lang="ini" class="programlisting">
com.p4convert.svn.propEncoding=ini
com.p4convert.svn.propName=.svn.properties
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<div class="section" id="config.advanced.empty_changelists">
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<h3 class="title">Empty changelists</h3>
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<p>
The following property will attempt to skip empty changes (where the
change contains no revisions). This is typically the default behavior of
the client or Import Mode, so it is only really used in Convert Mode.
</p><pre lang="ini" class="programlisting">
com.p4convert.p4.skipEmpty=false
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<div class="section" id="config.advanced.username_translation">
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<h3 class="title">Username translation</h3>
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<p>
A username map file (<code class="filename">users.map</code>) can be generated
using the <em class="parameter"><code>--users</code></em> option and then the
right-hand-side modified with the new user name. The rename will only
occur if the conversion tool finds the <code class="filename">users.map</code>
file in the current working directory.
Username mapping is not currently supported for CVS conversions.
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<h3 class="title">Binary file detection</h3>
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<p>
Binary files can be identified by adding their extensions to the type
map file <code class="filename">types.map</code>. The format is based on Perforce
typemap spec, however it is limited to paths of the form
<code class="filename">//...<em class="replaceable"><code>.ext</code></em></code> (where
<em class="replaceable"><code>.ext</code></em> is the binary extension).
</p>
<p>
Default Type map (<code class="filename">types.map</code>):
</p><pre class="programlisting">
TypeMap:
binary //....zip
binary //....gif
binary //....png
binary //....jpg
binary //....dll
binary //....class
binary //....jar
binary //....ecsfr
</pre><p>
Modification bits (<code class="literal">+mxwlk</code>) are supported and can be
added using the type mapping. Binary detection though the type map is
recommended as conversion is much faster. Binary files not identified in
the type map will be scanned by the ICU4J libraries and if no
text/Unicode match is found they are assumed to be binary.
</p>
<div class="warning admonition">
<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p>
ICU4J may incorrectly identify small binary files as text creating
sync issues on Windows clients.
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<div class="section" id="config.advanced.changelist_description_format">
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<h3 class="title">Changelist Description Format</h3>
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<p>
The <em class="parameter"><code>logRevID</code></em> option can be used to reformat the
Subversion revision descriptions to include the revision ID using the
template:
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<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
<em class="replaceable"><code><rev></code></em> substituted with the
Subversion revision
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
<em class="replaceable"><code><description></code></em> substituted with the
Subversion log
</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<p>
The default value (as-is):
</p><pre lang="ini" class="programlisting">
com.p4convert.p4.logRevID=<description>
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<h3 class="title">Case Sensitivity</h3>
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<p>
The platform case sensitivity is detected when generating the
configuration file. There is normally no reason to change this behavior
from the detected defaults. Conversions between different platforms
should be avoided especially when converting from a case sensitive
environment (such as Linux) to a case insensitive environment (such as
Windows). The advanced case handling options supported are set using one
of the following options:
</p><pre lang="ini" class="programlisting">
com.p4convert.p4.caseMode=FIRST
</pre><div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
<code class="literal">NONE</code> - treat all paths as case sensitive (Linux).
</p>
</li>
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<code class="literal">LOWER</code> - convert all paths to lower case
</p>
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<code class="literal">UPPER</code> - convert all paths to upper case
</p>
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<code class="literal">FIRST</code> - use the first encountered case
combination (Windows)
</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<p>
When using Convert Mode the generated Perforce archive files are
based on the platform's case sensitivity. However on Linux platforms it
can be useful to store archive files as if on a case-insensitive server
(<span class="command"><strong>p4d -C1</strong></span>). This can be simulated by setting the following
option to <code class="literal">true</code>:
</p><pre lang="ini" class="programlisting">
com.p4convert.p4.lowerCase=true
</pre><div class="important admonition">
<h3 class="title">Important</h3>
<p>
If this option is set the path to the Perforce root directory, defined
by <em class="parameter"><code>com.p4convert.adv.p4root</code></em>, must be in
<span class="bold"><strong>lower case</strong></span> and the case mode of
<code class="literal">FIRST</code> must be used.
</p>
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<h3 class="title">RCS Keyword expansion (svn:keywords)</h3>
</div>
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<p>
By default, RCS keyword expansion attributes are imported; however
setting the configuration option:
</p><pre lang="ini" class="programlisting">
com.p4convert.svn.keepKeyword=true
</pre><p>
Setting a value of <code class="literal">false</code> will ignore all previous
keyword attributes and import the files as normal text. See
<a class="link" href="chapter.notes.html#notes.keyword_expansion_issues" title="Keyword Expansion Issues:">keyword notes</a> for
known issues.
</p>
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<h3 class="title">Merge Information (svn:mergeinfo)</h3>
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<p>
Supports Subversion 1.5-1.7 merge information and calculates the
corresponding Perforce integration credit for the various actions. The
feature is not enabled by default and if required the following
configuration option must be set to true:
</p><pre lang="ini" class="programlisting">
com.p4convert.svn.mergeInfoEnabled=true
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