Re: stick to an old file

On Mar 13, 2007, at 21:13, Steven Woody wrote:

> On 3/14/07, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Mar 13, 2007, at 20:46, Steven Woody wrote:
>>
>> > if i found a recent file in the repository get some problem and
>> i want
>> > to use one of its old revision as well as keeping other files as
>> their
>> > latest, so what do i do in svn? the 'svn -rxxx co' command only
>> > supports directory rather than single file. you see, my
>> requirement
>> > is some like the stick option of cvs's update command.
>>
>> I don't know CVS or it's stick option. But perhaps you are looking
>> for "svn up -r$REV $FILE"
>
> ok, it works but does not fully resolve the problem. after 'up -rxxx',
> i have to put an eye on the file every time when i want to do another
> 'svn up' --- to prevent the old file are not overwriten by lastest
> file in the repository, in other words, it is *not* sticky.
>
> after seaching the web, i'v by far found someone suggested to go
> through 'branching and merging'. any ideal?

Let's keep the discussion on the mailing list please.

Yes, it sounds like you could handle this situation by making a branch.

The other solution could be "svn switch", but that only works on
directories, not individual files.

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