Re: [TSVN] Complexity of relocate

Lübbe Onken wrote:
>>Oh; I didn't realise TSVN inherited the name from SVN; I
>>thought it was just
>>a special case of "switch".
>
> It is a special case of switch (switch --relocate). TSVN is just enveloping

It's not a special case of switch. It happens to be in the switch
command only because the word "switch" is what people think will do.
Basically, it has to do with the english language, not with the
function/feature itself.

> it. Stefan can surely shed some light on why there are two menu entries for
> this command. I think it's because files and folders can be switched, but
> only folders (read working copies) can be relocated.

switch and relocate are two completely different functions. Switch will
switch your working copy to another part of your repository, while
modifying your working copy accordingly (files get updated/merged/modified).
Relocate will simply rewrite the entries file. All it does is replace
the old URL string with the new one, without doing any checks! So if you
enter an invalid URL in a relocate, you can get to a point where you can
throw away your working copy and check out a new one.

> The menu icons are chosen deliberately to indicate that switch (document
> icons) refers to some local action and relocate (database icons) refers to
> something remote (even though the changes happen locally in both cases)

I didn't choose the icons there - that was you ;)

> I think it wouldn't make a difference if we had only one menu entry (switch)
> and an additional relocate checkbox in the switch dialog. It would also
> shorten the menu a bit, but I'm not 100% sure about the reasons for choosing
> two commands (see above)

I don't think it would be a good idea. Relocate has nothing to do with
switch, and therefore it shouldn't be part of the switch dialog. But
that's of course just my opinion.

Stefan

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