Re: How to delete all unmodified files between 2 revisions on a patch branch?

On 31.08.2009 21:50, AfterShock wrote:
> Stefan Küng wrote:
>>
>> AfterShock wrote:
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> I'm releasing a patch to a freeware online game. Typically our release
>>> process goes something like:
>>>
>>> - Create a 'patch 2.2' branch from HEAD
>>> - Checkout this branch to a new folder locally
>>> - Checkout the tagged 'patch 2.1' branch to another new folder locally
>>> - Use winmerge or similar to comapre which files have changed between the
>>> two
>>> - Manually SVN delete any files which haven't changed from the patch 2.2
>>> branch
>>>
>>> Now we're dealing with thousands of files, this becomes not only time
>>> consuming and tedious, but also prone to error. There must be some
>>> built-in
>>> method of creating a branch that only contains the files modified between
>>> 2
>>> revisions - is there?
>>
>> * Repository browser
>> * browse to "patch 2.1"
>> * right-click on "patch 2.1", choose "mark for comparison"
>> * browse to "patch 2.2"
>> * right-click on "patch 2.2", choose "compare urls"
>> --> this brings up the "changed files" dialog, showing all
>> files/folders which have changed between those two urls
>> * select all files (Ctrl-A), right-click, choose
>> "export selection to..."
>>
>>
>>> Alternatively, is there a method of SVN deleting all files that are
>>> unmodified since revision X?
>>
>> No, such a feature does not exist.
>>
>>
>
> For the record, we are now releasing patch 2.4 and have found a good
> solution for this:
>
> - Use stefan's recommended "export modified files" process to create a
> folder with all files modified between revision X and HEAD, called
> /patch24changedfiles/
> - Create a branch from HEAD called patch 2.4
> - Checkout this branch to a new folder /patch24/
> - Delete everything inside /patch24/ except the .svn folders and their
> contents
> - Copy /patch24changedfiles/ contents into /patch24/
> - Commit all the missing files as deletes
>
> You now have all the file history and changelogs for the files that exist,
> along with an error-free method of deleting everything that is unchanged
> between 2 revisions.
>
> Deleting files that belong to unfinished features must still be deleted
> manually.
>
> What we haven't found is a tool to delete everything except .svn files, but
> i'm sure one exists.

shift-right-click on folder, choose "delete unversioned items".

Stefan

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