On May 24, 2005, at 10:19 AM, Gary Wilson Jr wrote:
> Gary Wilson Jr wrote:
>
>> I would like to suggest a --force option for svn checkout. It
>> would do the
>> same as the --force flag for svn export, namely overwrite existing
>> files and
>> don't complain about existing directories.
>>
>> A quick search through the users list showed at least 3 instances
>> where this
>> has been mentioned before, but none I saw had any replies. See:
>> http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2004-03/1247.shtml
>> http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2005-04/0538.shtml
>> http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2005-03/0848.shtml
>>
>> Here is my use case for suggesting this option:
>> On machine A, I am keeping several directories under partial svn
>> control, like
>> '/etc' and '/usr/local', using the in-place method as described in
>> the FAQ
>> (http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#in-place-import). On
>> machine B, I would
>> like to checkout the files under version control to '/' so that
>> '/' is now a
>> working copy. Currently, this is not possible because the
>> checkout terminates
>> with an error like "svn: Failed to add directory 'etc': object of
>> the same name
>> already exists".
>>
>> Several other commands make use of a --force flag, and I believe
>> checkout
>> should be included.
>>
>> Possible issues:
>> When trying to checkout to a directory (or subdirectory) that is
>> already a
>> working copy. It seems like this is checked on checkout already,
>> but should a
>> --force flag also force this? The svn add --force option
>> currently overrides
>> the "already a working copy" warning.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>
> Nobody has any thoughts?
1. If you use --force in your root directory, what if you just blow
away huge swaths of /etc?
2. There's a pretty easy workaround for putting / into svn:
$ svnadmin create /svn/rootrepos
$ svn co file:///svn/rootrepos /tmp/foo
$ mv /tmp/foo/.svn /
$ cd /
$ svn st
... etc.
-Fitz
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Received on Tue May 24 17:56:26 2005