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RE: Feature request: Save the old file when svn revert

From: Grierson, David <David.Grierson_at_sky.uk>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:58:08 +0000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markus Schaber [mailto:m.schaber_at_codesys.com]
> Sent: 21 July 2015 14:01
> To: Grierson, David; dev_at_subversion.apache.org
> Cc: 牛暁冬; users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: AW: Feature request: Save the old file when svn revert
> ...
> I'm not really sure what to think about this one...
>
> In the end, the whole purpose of "svn revert" is to drop the local
> changes and *revert* everything back to the state the repository has.
>
> All other commands need a --force or other explicit user decision to
> override user changed data, but the whole purpose of the "svn revert"
> command is to undo local changes - putting a --force option or
> something similar seems like a bit of contradiction.
>
> On the other hand, I'm not an SVN core developer, so it's just my
> personal opinion.
>
> How do the other RCSes handle this situation? Maybe we can learn
> some ideas for a nice(r) UI there...

Good question ...

The equivalent in ClearCase was a "cleartool uncheckout": http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSSH27_7.1.1/com.ibm.rational.clearcase.cc_ref.doc/topics/ct_uncheckout.htm?cp=SSSH27_7.1.1%2F9-0-0-1-69

This has the -kee/p and -rm options on the command:

> –kee/p
> Preserves the contents of the checked-out version under a file-name of the form element-name.keep
> (or, to prevent name collisions, element-name.keep.1, element-name.keep.2, and so on).
>
> –rm
> Does not preserve the contents of the checked-out version. Thus, any edits that had been made to
> the checked-out version are lost.

The default action is to prompt the user for what to do with the lost changes:

> Cancel the checkout of file element util.c.

$ cleartool uncheckout util.c
Save private copy of "util.c"? [yes] no
Checkout cancelled for "util.c".

I guess the equivalent in git is the reset command: http://git-scm.com/docs/git-reset

This seems to have three key options:

> --hard
> Resets the index and working tree. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree since <commit>
> are discarded.
>
> -merge
> Resets the index and updates the files in the working tree that are different between <commit> and
> HEAD, but keeps those which are different between the index and working tree (i.e. which have changes
> which have not been added). If a file that is different between <commit> and the index has unstaged
> changes, reset is aborted.
>
> --keep
> Resets index entries and updates files in the working tree that are different between <commit> and
> HEAD. If a file that is different between <commit> and HEAD has local changes, reset is aborted.

So _similar_ (but more quirky IMHO) operation to ClearCase.

Dg.
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