[SVN-2619] In post-commit hook template, suggest redirecting output of backgrounded jobs

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.x
• Fix Version/s: 1.10-consider
• Component/s: docs
• Labels: bite-sized
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 02/Oct/06 19:33
• Updated: 19/Feb/15 14:57

Description

As issue 2497 explains, svnserve waits for all child processes of the
post-commit hook to finish.  This means that if you background a job in your
hook, expecting that to make the commit finish faster, you'll be unpleasantly
surprised -- commits will take just as long as if you hadn't backgrounded the
job.  The solution is to redirect stdout and stderr of that backgrounded job.

So: it'd be nice if the post-commit.tmpl _said_ that in one of its many comments.

Original issue reported by offby1