[Svnmerge] svnmerge.py init crashes (on bad characters in svn xml log)

[Alan Barrett]

On Tue, 06 Oct 2009, Jean-Philippe Daigle wrote:
> I don't believe there's any way to retroactively rewrite that commit
> message, so does anyone have a suggestion?

It's usually easy to rewrite commit log messages.  Use this command:

	svn propedit --revprop -r ${REVISION} svn:log

If it fails due to the hook scripts denying permission, then read
about the pre-revprop-change hook script in the svn book.

--apb (Alan Barrett)