Mark Phippard wrote:
>I think we will work on Switch and Merge next. Basically making them work
>like Tortoise does. It looks like JavaHL already has all of the code for
>this in place.
>
>
I've been thinking about how we could implement this.
First off, a single resource could be switched in a manner similar to
"Replace with revision...", using a repository browser. This is fine for
many uses.
Another feature that would make a lot of sense is to do a switch at the
SVN Repository Browser level, effectively switching ALL the projects
related to a specific location.
Consider the Subclipse projects -- switching from one branch to another
would be a lot easier if you could do it at the repository level, rather
at the three or more projects' level. For 'svn switch --relocate', this
is equally important.
Another idea is to try and guess the "switchpoint", i.e. the place in
the URL where switching is interesting (trunk, tags & branches) , merely
as a convenience. In TortoiseSVN, for instance, the repository browser
is opened at the level I selected (e.g. the project level), not at the
"switchpoint" level. So I have to cut the project's relative URL, down
to before trunk, use the repository browsing to get where I want, and
click down (or paste) to the project's relative position. We could do
better!
Obviosly, if the repository does not contain the recommended layout, the
feature shouldn't be in the way. I also wonder if there a simple way to
tell if two URLs share common ancestry (i.e. making them suitable
switching candidates).
Just my .02€.
-Jesper
Received on Sun Nov 14 23:08:41 2004