"Ivan Zhakov" <chemodax@gmail.com> wrote on 04/16/2006 03:57:49 PM:
> > 1) Improve Copy/Move support.
> >
> > This is not about "true renames" although I suspect having them could
help.
> > I come to Subversion from a Java persepective and Java programmers are
> > always interested in Subversion because it handles move/rename better
than
> > CVS. Since refactoring is such a hot topic in Java programming,
people
> > think switching to Subversion from CVS will bring them a lot of
benefits.
> > In reality, that is not always the case, because people often like to
do
> > several refactorings before doing a commit. For example, a folder
> > containing classes might be renamed, then some of the classes in that
folder
> > might also be renamed, and/or moved to other folders. I do not know
all of
> > the scenarios where Subversion has problems, but it definitely has
them.
> > This comes up a lot with Subclipse users as they get errors when we
try to
> > move something and Subversion does not let them because it has already
> > moved.
> >
> > JavaSVN has already implemented what they call a "Smart Move" feature
that
> > gets around these problems by updating the WC as necessary. Perhaps
they
> > could document how they handle various scenarios to see if the design
would
> > work for Subversion.
>
> I've already posted patch to enable moving moved files. But there was
> objections on idea itself. See discussion here:
> http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2005-12/0020.shtml
Is there any chance this could get revived? It didn't seem the objections
were that strong, I thought they were seeking more work or clarification.
It would stink to discard a useful feature over theoretical disputes. One
thing that occurs to me is what if we initially limited the scope of the
patch to the move subcommand? Refactoring almost exclusively uses
move/rename and there really isn't any ambiguity that I can see to
supporting letting a file or folder be moved multiple times.
Mark
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