M.Z. wrote:
> When you've checked out an empty subdir using 1.5.X's files and dirs
> depth option, right clicking
> on that empty dir just shows the Update and Update to Revision options.
> Seems to me the
> Checkout option should still be there so people can cherry pick subdirs,
> such as individual tags
> or branches, using as defaults for repo and dir fields values
> appropriate so the cherry pick will
> merge in properly after selecting it with the repo-browser dialog ...
> button. I'd expect it to stay there
> until it has been detected that what dirs have been cherry picked
> matches what's in the repo for
> the current rev level, so further cherry picks can be performed, and
> reappear if a repo-browse or
> Update to Working Copy op of that directory shows new directories have
> been added. When
> accessing pre-1.5.X repos, cherry picking a lot faster than Update to
> Revision for most tags and
> branches subdirs.
To cherry pick other folders for checkout:
* right-click on the checked out folder
* choose "repository browser" from the menu
* select the folder you want to add
* right-click, choose "checkout"
> A couple other questions:
> Just curiosity, any idea when TSVNs repository will be upgraded to 1.5+
> ? The main subversion
> one already has been, I noticed; and,
The TSVN source repository is hosted by tigris.org, we have no control
over when it will be upgraded.
> Any possibility the Checkout and Update to Revision ops can be modified
> so it's as fast for any
> repo version as clicking on a subdir in the repo-browser is now, plus
> the overhead for writing the
> admin files for the empty subdirs, when using the files and dirs option?
> If some dirs were already
> cherry picked, I'd expect it to fill in gaps, not error out as a depth
> lowering attempt. I'd think the
> same logic that keeps repo-browser fast can be used for multiple empty
> depth checkouts on the
> client-side for the pre-1.5 repos, rather than throwing out responses
> from a full-depth checkout
> request to the repository, as it appears to be implemented now.
That's the behavior of the svn library. You'd have to ask for this on
the Subversion mailing list.
Stefan
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Received on 2008-11-11 19:08:57 CET