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Re: "svn sync"

From: Ben Collins <bcollins_at_debian.org>
Date: 2002-10-04 15:06:39 CEST

On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 01:38:00AM -0700, Peter Davis wrote:
> I was just reading the incredibly old and out-of-date /IDEAS file, and I
> noticed a proposal for 'svn sync'. Did anything come of that? I think it
> would be just as useful as import -- perhaps more useful.
>
> When I'm first starting a project, I like to set up the scm system right from
> the start, and begin work inside my working directory. But I like to get at
> least the framework for the first version coded before I worry about
> committing every change as a separate revision, because after all, often
> designs, directory structure, and code get shuffled around a lot until it
> stabalizes. So, once I'm ready to commit, I have to go through and 'svn add'
> and 'svn rm' about a hundred different things. I can't import, since the
> destination already exists in subversion's tree. A 'sync' command would be
> really cool.
>
> Of course it'd be post-1.0, but I didn't see any issues filed for it. Was it
> ruled out long ago? (I notice /IDEAS was last updated in, um, revision 1).

That would be especially useful for doing something like:

cd wc
patch -p1 < ../very-large.diff
svn sync
svn ci -m "Functionality patch by BillyBob"

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