i am convinced it is really bad software design to decide to hide
theses directories on one operating system, and not hide them in
another.
--- Hontvari Jozsef <hontvari@solware.com> wrote:
> I have seen a good solution to the same problem in Jedit. It is a
> java text
> editor and its default behaviour to save backup files into the same
> directory as the original.
>
> I can change its configuration settings to save backups into a
> specific
> directory, e.g.
> C:\backup
>
> I can still find the backup files easily, because it creates
> subdirectories
> like:
> C:\backup\C\home\myProject
>
> Notice the "C" subdirectory represents the C drive here.
>
>
>
>
> "Barry Scott" <barry.alan.scott@ntlworld.com> writes:
> > 1. SVN works
> > 2. Copying the work space with explorer must copy the
> > hidden files.
> > 3. MSDEV Find in Files skips hidden files
> > 4. DIR /S <filename> does not find files in .svn
> > 5. Barry's Emacs does not find files in .svn
> >
> > So far I have:
> >
> > No test on 1.
> > Pass on 2.
> > Fail on 3. However MSDEV is typically configured to look for
> particular
> > file types. *.h,*.cpp etc. Its does not need the
> change.
> > Fail on 4. Need to set hidden on ever file in .svn to make them
> > vanish from dir /s
> > Fail on 5.
> >
> > I conclude that its not worth changing svn because of fails on
> (3) and
> > (5) and the extra complexity to fix (4).
> >
> > I'm going to add code to my Emacs to deal with meta data
> directories
> > like .svn and .cvs.
> >
> > BArry
>
>
>
>
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