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RE: RE: Branching question

From: <kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com>
Date: 2007-11-16 16:18:19 CET

"Ian Wood" <Ian.Wood@sucden.co.uk> wrote on 11/16/2007 04:20:18 AM:

> Sorry to have caused any confusion?
>
> I meant remove the file from the working copy only ? NOT a SVN Delete.
>
> Doing a SVN Delete will lose the history and it would be shame to do
that.

Doing a SVN delete will not "lose" the history, but it does make it harder
to see the history using the standard subversion commands without
using/knowing
the peg revision number... I haven't checked to be sure, but something
like the TortoiseSVN revision graph should show the abandoned path and
it's history.

Kevin R.

>
>
> From: Reedick, Andrew [mailto:jr9445@att.com]
> Sent: 15 November 2007 17:19
> To: delux256-subversion@yahoo.com; Ian Wood; Subversion Mailing List
> Subject: RE: RE: Branching question
>
> The delete and re-copy is "easy" but you will lose the history
> associated with the original 162. Besides, it would behoove you to
> learn/practice how to merge.
>
> You can use 'svn copy -r 162 svn://path/to/file current_workspace'
> to replace the HEAD with the old version.
>
>
>
>
> From: Jeff Lanzarotta [mailto:delux256-subversion@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:14 PM
> To: Ian Wood; Reedick, Andrew; Subversion Mailing List
> Subject: RE: RE: Branching question
> I am using TortoiseSVN. You are correct in that I check it back in,
> the version number is the HEAD... Also, each of the revision have
> other files in them.
>
> So, maybe the easiest way would be like you said, to delete the
> file, update to revision 162. But, can I get 162 back into the truck?
>
> Ian Wood <Ian.Wood@sucden.co.uk> wrote:
> At least with TortoiseSVN?It may be easier to delete the working
> copy and then update it to the revision required.
> <!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->Do I need to so an
> "unmerge" for each revision, i.e. unmerge 195, unmerge 193, unmerge
> 191, and unmerge 187, which will get me to 162?
> Doing this would get you to what the file was at revision 162, but
> when you commit that it will take the revision number of the Head.
> Cheers
> Ian
>
> From: Jeff Lanzarotta [mailto:delux256-subversion@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 15 November 2007 16:40
> To: Reedick, Andrew; Subversion Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Branching question
> Interesting... What if I need to go back 4 revisions... The current
> revision number is 195 and revision I need to get to is 162...
>
> Do I need to so an "unmerge" for each revision, i.e. unmerge 195,
> unmerge 193, unmerge 191, and unmerge 187, which will get me to 162?
>
> "Reedick, Andrew" <jr9445@ATT.COM> wrote:
>
> > From: Jeff Lanzarotta [mailto:delux256-subversion@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:21 AM
> > To: Subversion Mailing List
> > Subject: Branching question
> >
> > I currently have a file, let's say foo.exe, checked into an svn
> > repository. My repository is set up with the typical trunk,
> > branches, and tags layout. The file foo.exe is checked into
> > the trunk. foo.exe has several revision against it, 1, 2, and
> > 3 with 3 being the HEAD.
> >
> > Here is the question, can I move revisions 2 and 3 into a branch
> > and make 1 the HEAD again? The powers at be do not want the
> > changes that are in revisions 2 and 3 until sometime next year,
> > so they want revert back to revision 1 as the HEAD. Is this
> > possible or is there a different way to do it...
>
>
> 1. Create next_year_branch from revision 3.
>
> 2. On the trunk, unmerge (do a reverse merge) revisions 2 and 3. Refer
> to "Undoing Changes" in
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.branchmerge.commonuses.html
>
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