In Subversion can I be a user other than my login name?

Question

I\'d like to know how to get Subversion to change the name that my changes appear under.

I\'m just starting to use Subversion. I\'m current

Answer 1

You can setup a default username via ~/.subversion/servers:

[groups]
yourgroupname = svn.example.com

[yourgroupname]
username = yourusername

Please be aware that older versions of svn do not support it (e.g. 1.3.1 [sic!]).