On 25 August 2012 13:55, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25.08.2012 10:33, Simon Large wrote:
>> Hi Stefan,
>>
>> I was about to correct the docs for TSVN export which still refer to
>> multiple .svn directories in a working copy. Since 1.7.0 there have
>> been a few questions about why the Export has lost some features and
>> the official answer is that because it is now easy to delete the
>> single .svn directory it simply isn't needed any more. I'd like to
>> suggest a couple of reasons why that is not always the case.
>>
>> 1. Unnecessary copying. Imagine you want to export your 20GB WC to a
>> network drive. Copying that .svn folder will take a lot of time and
>> bandwidth.
>>
>> 2. Explorer not showing hidden files. Maybe I'm in a minority but I
>> use this setting, so copying a WC and deleting the .svn folder now
>> requires extra steps to show hidden folders, delete the .svn folder
>> and then hide hidden folders.
>>
>> Of course these are not really very big issues - I hardly ever use
>> Export myself - but if the code is still there why not make it
>> accessible?
>
> If you right-drag a working copy root (where an .svn folder is present),
> then you still get the menu.
> But for subfolders of a working copy, you don't get that menu because
> it's the *exact* same as the default windows copy option.
OK, I'm getting confused myself. It seems the complaint was about the
Include unversioned items checkbox not being sticky rather than export
missing altogether. Sorry for the confusion.
Simon
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