Actually, Peter, it may be that his question is this:
"When a file is moved in the repository, why does the client not move
the file locally when performing an update, instead of downloading the
file from the repository all over again?"
Answer being, that's just how the Subversion libraries implement it.
On 10/7/06, Peter Yamamoto <yamamotop@page44.com> wrote:
> It sounds like you moved them manually (outside of
> subversion/tortoise)...
>
> The fact that it replaces the files in the old location seems to
> indicate you did not "subversion move" them, otherwise it wouldn't do as
> you say.
>
> In tortoise, to move files, right click and drag... When you release you
> are given a choice (copy/move).
>
> Peter
>
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> To: users@tortoisesvn.tigris.org
> Subject: moving files in a smarter way
>
> Hi all.
> When i move some versioned files from one directory to another on one,
> and then someone else update, it seems that tortoiseSVN downloads the
> files again from the server?
> Why isn't it smart enough to figure out that these files were just moved
> around and simply move them on the local machine instead of getting the
> bits from the server?
>
> thanks
>
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