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Re: Hod to I upgrade safely?

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:46:16 -0400

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:59 AM, David Goadby<dg_at_pixel-plus.co.uk> wrote:
> I am currently using subversion 1.5.6 with Tortoise 1.5.9. All of the files are in one repository file:///C:/svn_repository/
>
> I want to update my system to svn/Tortoise 1.6.3 but I am a bit worried about the fact that my files will all be upgraded to 1.6 automatically and then everything will be screwed up.
>
> So, do I upgrade SVN first, reboot and then upgrade Tortoise? If not then what is the best way to do this?
>
> I have taken backups of my repository and all of my project folders.
>
> The reason I am hesitant is I did an upgrade some time ago and it took ages to sort out the mess afterwards as I didn't do it in the right sequence.
>
> David

You should be fine. Confusion can ensue if you try to do things like
making tags with single file externals in them, since the repository
won't support that. I urge you to upgrade your repository as well.

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