Re: "svn add" acts non-recursively without -N given

Molle Bestefich wrote:
> C. Michael Pilato wrote:
>
>>>Can we please change svn add to stop acting non-recursively in
>>>recursive mode when versioned items are hit?
>>
>>This is what the --force flag to 'svn add' is for.
>
>
> Duh. Thanks.
>
> svn add --help says:
> --force : force operation to run
>
> Perhaps it should say something meaningful like
> "actually do what I'm supposed to",
> "do not break on versioned folders"
> or something like that.

Yeah, code-wise we have a global option space, so changing the text
"force operation to run" to be add-specific is a no-go. But we *can*
make the 'add' summary text a little more revealing, and refer to the
use of the --force flag there.

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