> > Why do I want this? I have about 8 configuration files scattered
> > throughout my working copy of over 12,000 files. I am
> about to checkin
> > changes to over 65 of those files in 10 different
> subdirectories off of
> > root. I want all those 65 files to be in one 'changeset' or checkin
> > (i.e.: I need them to be atomic). However, there's 8 files
> that have
> > been modified that I don't want checked in, and these are the same 8
> > files that I don't want checked in next time.
>
> If you never want these 8 files to be checked in, why are they under
> version control in the first place? Just trying to understand your
> use-case here.
The properties file was stored in SCM because it's a deliverable part of
the system. I've modified it for my systems configuration. I just
don't want my modifications to be submitted. For example, the
properties file might have content looking like this:
database.hostname = @DB_HOSTNAME@
The @DB_HOSTNAME@ would get replaced as part of the installation. In
order for me to connect to the database in my environment though, I need
to replace the @DB_HOSTNAME@ with 'db_service'.
Why don't I simply copy the properties file to myfoo.properties and use
that one? Because by modifying it while under revision control, the SCM
system will then tell me when I need to deal with other peoples changes
to the files, through the 'merge required' status.
> > Perhaps a future solution for this would be to be able to
> flag certain
> > files for checkin, or to be able to create a 'change set',
> and then add
> > and remove files from that change set.
>
> Actually, I've seen many GUI client designs that describe this exact
> sort of thing. I just don't know of any SVN GUIs that do this yet.
RapicSVN has something similar, in that you can flatten the file tree,
and then group by status.
I guess in some ways, I really want the concept of change sets. In
Perforce, I could create a change set, add the 8 files I didn't want to
submit to that change set and don't submit it. Therefore, when I would
create a second changeset and tell it to add all modified files to it,
it would skip over the files in the first change set, because they were
already flagged.
JDG
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Jay Glanville
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