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[PATCH]: clarification of book text for `svn revert'

From: Eric Hanchrow <offby1_at_blarg.net>
Date: 2004-09-02 21:10:13 CEST

Index: ch09.xml
===================================================================
--- ch09.xml (revision 10805)
+++ ch09.xml (working copy)
@@ -3052,6 +3052,16 @@
             operations that you may have done (e.g. files scheduled
             for addition or deletion can be
             <quote>unscheduled</quote>).</para>
+
+ <para>Note that <command>svn revert</command> is
+ <emphasis>not</emphasis> the way to delete files that
+ aren't
+ under revision control&mdash;if you want to delete all
+ such
+ files from a working copy, simply
+
+ delete (or, better yet, rename with
+ <command>mv</command>)
+ the directory, and then do <command>svn up</command> to
+ restore the pristine version.
+ </para>
         </refsect1>

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