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Re: svn_client_move7 and mixed-revisions

From: Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:04:34 -0400

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:55 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net>wrote:

> On 03/12/2013 02:14 PM, Philip Martin wrote:
> > Philip Martin <philip.martin_at_wandisco.com> writes:
> >
> >> Yes, I believe removing allow_mixed_revisions is the solution.
> >
> > Eek! It's propagated further than I realised:
> >
> > $ svn move --help
> > ...
> > --allow-mixed-revisions : Allow operation on mixed-revision working
> copy.
> > Use of this option is not recommended!
> > Please run 'svn update' instead.
> >
> > Is the legacy copy+delete without move tracking something users really
> > want?
>
> Can they still get the legacy behavior by issuing explicit 'svn copy' and
> 'svn delete' commands? If so, might that not be enough of a workaround for
> those that want this behavior?

If you want to do that to command line users, it is up to you.

As an API consumer, I would be pissed if this is a requirement. IDE users
in particular rarely have working copies that are not mixed revision as the
GUI's tend to steer you in that direction. It is obviously easy to just
update the root of your working copy in a GUI, but when you have a
graphical tool showing you changed files from the repository, a lot of
people use those options too. And those pretty much have to only update
the items you select. Some GUI users seem to live in that mode of
operating.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
Received on 2013-03-12 20:05:04 CET

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