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Re: Commit procedure

From: Simon Large <simon_at_skirridsystems.co.uk>
Date: 2006-01-31 01:01:15 CET

Nick Savoiu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Assume that I have a number of files that have been modified and I want
> to commit them. So, I go to Windows Explorer and
>
> 1. right-click on the lowest level folder that
> encompasses all the modified files
> 2. select SVN Commit and a nice list of
> all the modified files pops up.
>
> I could
>
> 3. type in the commit comments, check all
> the files and press commit
>
> But also assume that I don't want to tag all the files with the same
> comments. Currently the only way I know is to repeat steps 1-3 for the
> separate clusters of files which can get tedious. Is there a better way?
>
> Ideally what I would like is it to commit the separate sets of files
> while performing steps 1 and 2 only once. Something along the lines of
> (after steps 1 and 2)
>
> 3. double click file to bring up diff viewer
> 4. inspect changes and think of comments
> 5. exit diff viewer
>
> Repeat 3-5 for all the files that I think are related (might span very
> different dir trees).
>
> 6. select desired file(s) and right-click and select 'Commit with message'
> 7. up comes a dialog box, I type in the comment, press OK and, tada, I'm
> back to the usual commit dialog box but with the committed file(s) gone
> from the list!
>
> Any thoughts?

Already requested.

http://tortoisesvn.berlios.de/issues/?do=details&id=97

That said, you seem to be approaching this from the viewpoint of
committing all your changes once per day. Better practice is to commit
small groups of changes as you complete them, especially where one file
contains different logical changes.

Simon

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