merge with nonversioned paths?

We have a deployment model in which critical fixes may be implemented on the
production server without ever going through the repository.

In order to avoid losing any critical changes, I have a batch file that
grabs a copy of the files on the production server, copies that over the
working copy of the production branch, and checks in any modifications.
Timestamps are a problem, but one fixed by touching the timestamp on all
files in the working copy.

The problem facing me, really, is that adds and deletes are not captured by
this process. What I'd really like to do is 'svn merge' a nonversioned path
with the working copy and have adds and delete scheduled.

Now, I know there are cute shell things I can do to automate this myself.
What I'm asking is if this is reasonable functionality to add to the merge
command. I don't mind passing a specific flag (like --force or
--allow-nonversioned) to enable this behavior.

John C Barstow

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Received on Tue Nov 19 22:52:11 2002