Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> wrote:
> > They differ in what they say how to check out the code of subversion
> > itself. README says:
> >
> > svn co http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk subversion
> >
> > Whereas INSTALL says:
> >
> > subversion-rXXXX/subversion/clients/cmdline/svn checkout \
> > http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk svn
>
> well, they're different, but they aren't neccessarily out of sync. the
> final argument is just the name you want to give your working copy,
> i.e. the directory to put it in. it can be whatever you want. hell,
> you can even leave it blank and it will just use the final directory in
> the url you checked out.
I used to find this confusing as well. For many people, this svn
command will be the first one they'll try, so I think it's better
to explain it a little bit more. Proposed change below.
Index: INSTALL
===================================================================
--- INSTALL
+++ .svn/tmp/INSTALL.63164.00001.tmp Mon Oct 14 10:09:50 2002
@@ -362,14 +362,15 @@
(The switch to ./configure turns on debugging.)
After compiling, you will have an 'svn' binary sitting in
- the tree. Use it to check out a real Subversion working copy:
+ the tree. Use it to check out a real Subversion working copy
+ into a new directory svn-current:
$ subversion-rXXXX/subversion/clients/cmdline/svn checkout \
- http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk svn
+ http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk svn-current
- A svn/dist.sh
- A svn/buildcheck.sh
- A svn/HACKING
+ A svn-current/dist.sh
+ A svn-current/buildcheck.sh
+ A svn-current/HACKING
...
End of patch.
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Received on Mon Oct 14 10:17:20 2002