Douglas Stonham wrote:
>> Wrong! The overlay icons only tell you about changes _you_ have made
>> compared with the revision you got from the repo. To find out if
>> HEAD in the repo is any different you have to update, or just check
>> for modifications (click the 'check repository' button).
>
> OK, I guess this is my problem. I always think of a wc syncing with
> the HEAD of trunk or a branch. I obviously just haven't used (T)SVN
> long enough yet to have come across a circumstance where having a
> file or files deliberately out of sync with HEAD is the intended
> effect.
Mixed revision working copies are difficult and I think SVN acknowledges
that it is not handled perfectly. There is a note in the manual to the
effect that updating individual files to a different rev is not
recommended just because it is so potentially confusing. That menu item
is only there because people specifically requested it, not because it
is a good idea.
A better way of looking at old revs is from the revision log
dialog->save as... which allows you to save a copy (as an unversioned
file) of an old rev for whatever reason you need it.
>> Well that is exactly the same situation you get without doing
>> anything funny with old revs. If someone else commits a broken
>> change to the repo, you will not see it until you update your
>> working copy.
>
> Yes, but in that case, you would have log messages on the server
> telling you that changes had been made since your last commit.
Provided that you know what rev your working copy is at. You can use the
svnversion commandline tool to pick that information up, and it will
tell you that you have a mixed-rev WC. Hmm. Maybe we should add that
functionality to TSVN.
> My only point was that you no longer have a good indication that your
> files are 'in-sync' with the last copy of HEAD you updated to and you
> have no indication that this is the case.
Understood. That is a problem with no easy solution, except to use
update-to-rev sparingly.
Simon
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Received on Mon Mar 14 18:40:30 2005