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Re: Re: Tortoise svn - how to chnage target repository

From: Simon Large <simon.tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:37:38 +0000

On 4 February 2011 12:45, Adam Kornicki <srolek2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> It was a new repository I created so I don't want to hide anything. The problem was that after I created the first one I then wanted to differ the whole structure and locations with a new name. I found it easier to just delete the previous one and create a new one. I didn't expect to run into such difficulties from the client side - seems quite ridiculous for such a easy operation... Any way I manged o achieve this, but it just surprises me that there is no simple and easy way to do it - once a folder is checked out I can't undo it anymore..

Please quote some context when replying on a mailing list, otherwise
no-one can see what you are talking about.

I think you need to find out what a revision control system does
before starting to use it. The repository keeps all your development
history, whereas the working copy reflects just the current snapshot.
Deleting a repository and re-creating it from a WC is just not a
normal operation that anyone would do, unless they want to discard the
entire history. Revision control is all about preserving history. It's
a bit like buying a new car and rebuking the salesman for not telling
you how to drive it off a cliff safely.

You still haven't told us what you wanted to achieve, only that you
deleted the repository and you expect it to be able to regenerate from
a working copy. If you really want to hide all history then you can
export the working copy to get a structure without any of the .svn
folders, then import it into a fresh repository. If you just want to
rename the files and folders then it is a lot easier to use
TSVN->Rename on the working copy.

Simon

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