This came up when I was creating Delphi-Version-Specific libraries of
older code: each "Delphi X" folder pertains to a particular version of
the Delphi compiler and has "cheap copies" of very similar component
and source code libabries in almost identical folder structures. The
premise is that PVN acts as a repository for optionally "downloading"
an entire library to a PC as a working copy, or just that part that
pertains to a particular version of the compiler (not every PC or
project has the same compilers). However, to further reduce the
download, I have made it so that some libraries can become defunct (by
default in a download) but can be optionally reinstated. I solved
this bit of my requirement by using a batch file in each appropriate
one-down-from-leaf-folder (see example below):
rem ====================================================
rem UN-REM THE APPROPRIATE LINES FOR THE COPIES YOU WANT
rem ====================================================
rem REMEMBER THAT AN SVN UPDATE AT ANY LEVEL WILL AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE
THE STUFF AGAIN FROM THAT LEVEL!
rem AMMEND THE ENTRIES TO THE DESIRED VERSION IF THAT CHANGES. NOTE
HOWEVER
rem THAT A CHANGE TO ANY VERSION REINSTATED IN THIS WAY WILL REQUIRE
EXTRACTION
rem (UNVERSIONED) OF THE ORIGINAL VERSION (NOT A VERSION UPDATE LIKE
BELOW) AND
rem THEN RE-INCORPORATION AS A NEW ADDITION TO SVN: THIS IS BECAUSE
THE FILES
rem NO-LONGER EXIST AT THIS LATEST VERSION OF THE REPOSITORY.
rem TortoiseProc.exe /command:update /rev:337 /path:".\DirectX3" /
closeonend:4
rem TortoiseProc.exe /command:update /rev:337 /path:".\DirectX5" /
closeonend:4
rem TortoiseProc.exe /command:update /rev:337 /path:".\DirectX6" /
closeonend:4
rem TortoiseProc.exe /command:update /rev:308 /path:".\DirectX7 -
DelphiX" /closeonend:4
rem TortoiseProc.exe /command:update /rev:368 /path:".\DirectX8.0 (D6
Companion Disk)" /closeonend:4
As you can see from this batch file, I can then "delete" the retired
libaries from the latest SVN version of my repository, but recover
them at some future point (when I need to rework an old project) by
editing and running this batch file.
There is (as the batch file comment notes) a small problem: if I want
to make changes to that defunct library, I cannot seem to reinstate it
without losing the "cheap copy" aspect of it all!
So the question: is there a better way to "REINSTATE" an old deleted
versioned folder - ideally upon a simple user action like running a
batch file - so that it can become "undefunct", updated, and then
subsequently marked as "defunct" again - this process being
repeatable.
Could this in fact be a feature request?
Kind regards,
BigAlUK
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Received on 2008-11-01 16:03:30 CET