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Re: Rename window says folder content is deleted

From: Simon Large <simon.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:55:41 +0000

On 10 February 2010 09:54, Olivier Sannier <obones_at_free.fr> wrote:
> David Balažic wrote:
>> It appears, as if SVN plans to remove the old folder with its contents
>> and create a new folder with the new name, but without the contents.
>>
> Please read the book:
>
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.advanced.html#svn.branchmerge.advanced.moves
>
> "the *svn move* command is nothing more than an aggregation of *svn
> copy* and *svn delete*."

That's not what he is saying. The inconsistency is that the delete
lists the folder and all files which will be deleted during the move
whereas the add shows only the top level folder. I think the command
line client behaves the same way, and yes it is counter-intuitive.

Simon

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