Re: [Issue 928] svn log needs 3 modes of operation (follow copies/names/neither)

tomchiverton_at_tigris.org wrote on Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 05:25:08 -0700:
> Here's another great use case; suppose we copy foo.html to foo2.html do some
> work we can show to people without effecting a live site.
>
> Later when we want to publish them, like good source control users we (or our
> tools !) delete foo.html and rename foo2.html to foo.html
>
> Now there is now way to see the history of changes for foo.html all the way back
> to when it was first made.
> The only workaround seems to be to copy and past the contents of foo2.html into
> foo.html, thus loosing any history associated with those changes.

Your conclusion is inaccurate. If you do:

% svn rm foo.html
% svn cp foo2.html foo.html
% svn ci

then 'svn log' will show your entire history. (This assumes foo.html
didn't have any changes in the meantime.)

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Received on 2013-06-17 14:27:22 CEST