Newbie question - version-specific folders

Hi,

I'm new to Tortoise SVN. I've got a V1 and V2 of my software, ready to place into SVN. Presently, they are sitting in C:\Foo\Bar\V1\ and C:\Foo\Bar\V2\

The IDE we use, hardcodes those paths, into settings files. So V1, as stands at least, will only build properly, when residing in C:\Foo\Bar\V1\. And V2, as stands at least, will only build properly, when residing in C:\Foo\Bar\V2\

I like to have both present on my PC, as I can compare, with eg 'WinMerge', when I need to see the changes, between V1 and V2

OK, so that's the situation, as stands

Question is, can Tortoise SVN, or SVN generally, cope ?

For example, if I check-in all the files under C:\Foo\Bar\V1\, and then want to check-out later, does SVN record the path C:\Foo\Bar\V1\, and know to check-out to there (it won't build, otherwise) ?

Also, when I subsequently check-in the files under C:\Foo\Bar\V2\, how can SVN know, or be made to know, that these are a new version of the files I checked-in from C:\Foo\Bar\V1\, and not something totally different and unrelated ?

I read the SVN quick start / documentation guides. But it didn't explain how I might deal with the described situation.

If the above, is all too tricky, then I guess I'll have to take a different tack, as below, I presume ?

Create folder C:\Foo\Bar\Current\, and copy C:\Foo\Bar\V1\ files to C:\Foo\Bar\Current\.
Then, in the IDE, alter the mentioned hardcoded paths, from C:\Foo\Bar\V1\, to C:\Foo\Bar\Current\.
Check the software builds. Then check-in the files under C:\Foo\Bar\Current\, tagging as V1.

Next, delete the files under C:\Foo\Bar\Current\, then copy in the files from C:\Foo\Bar\V2\.
In the IDE, alter the mentioned hardcoded paths, from C:\Foo\Bar\V2\, to C:\Foo\Bar\Current\.
Check the software builds. Then check-in the files under C:\Foo\Bar\Current\, tagging as V2.

Excuse me, btw, for use of the terms check-in/out, and tag. I'm not sure I've got the right terminology, for SVN. But I imagine you know what I mean..

Many thanks,

David

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Received on 2017-08-07 13:06:25 CEST