How are the subversion hook templates generated for each repository?

Question

We are using Subversion Edge 5.2 on Windows.

Whenever we create a repo, a hooks folder within the repo is pre-populated with the following templates:

1. post-commit.tmpl
2. post-lock.tmpl
3. post-revprop-change.tmpl
4. post-unlock.tmpl
5. pre-commit.tmpl
6. pre-lock.tmpl
7. pre-revprop-change.tmpl
8. pre-unlock.tmpl
9. start-commit.tmpl

Where are the master copies kept? I want to override post-commit.tmpl so whenever we create a new repo it uses our version, it saves us the manual step of going to the folder and replacing the file manually.

TIA

Answer 1

I think this is a misunderstanding: These hooks are examples and templates (.tmpl). They are not runnable so even if you modify them, you need to make them executable. So a manual step is still necessary.

They are defined directly in SVN Source code: Link to repos.c (search for "/* Start-commit hook. */")

So unfortunately you cannot change the default hook templates(unless you want to patch svn sourcecode and build it yourself..)