Re: [TSVN] BUG: ignore on directories?

Rainer Müller wrote:

> Warning: It is important to use export instead of copy!

That depends on what you want to do!

> Yesterday I moved a directory inside one working copy and forgot about
> the .svn directories. TortoiseSVN showed the normal green icon, because
> it has found a ".svn" directory inside it. (I think this was the reason?).

No. Because the status still is normal. You've created a so called
nested layout in your working copy.

> I never would have noticed it if I have not seen that Subclipse shows it
> on Synchronizing. After investigating with `svn st` I remembered the
> copy from one to another directory.

What did 'svn st' show you? I guess it showed you a missing dir from
where you moved/copied the directory?

> Some people also don't work with Windows Explorer's "Show hidden files
> and folders" option enabled and won't notice it.
>
> Couldn't that be changed with the new Cache? Does it not do always
> "full" status request for folders with the Subversion libraries?
> I know that Subversion does not provide an option to check only the
> status of a folder without children, but aren't children always needed
> for the cache?

No, because the status of that folder hasn't changed. It's still 'normal'.

Stefan

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