Re: [PATCH] FAQ suggestion

> I've still left out the "update *" example: it was what confused me
> in the first place! Windows users aren't likely to appreciate the
> difference between "update" and "update *", because "*" is different
> there than in Unix: it means "all files", and can include files that
> don't exist at the time the command is typed (but do by the time the
> FindNextFile search gets to them).

This difference is irrelevant for the trick.

The trick works differently:
Deleting the file "file.java" is a change of "file.java",
whereas adding a file "File.java" to "." is a change of ".";
Therefore "update *" deletes "file.java", but does not add "File.java".
And "update" means "update .", which adds "File.java".

Thats the same both on Window and Unix.
It is a pure subversion thing.

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Received on Mon Aug 30 16:49:12 2004