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Re: How to bring different version of files in subversion

From: Metrri Jain <metrrijain_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 2004-07-08 20:50:16 CEST

Hi,

In relation to the previous question Can I tag the
different versions of a file I bring into subversion?

Thanks,
Metrri

--- Eric Wilhelm <ewilhelm@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> # The following was supposedly scribed by
> # Metrri Jain
> # on Wednesday 07 July 2004 11:39 am:
>
> >> In your local working directory...
> >> Add File A to the repository.
> >> Overwrite File A with File B, Commit.
> >> Overwrite File B with File C, Commit.
> >> Overwrite File C with File D, Commit.
> >>
> >> Marc
> >
> > Thanks for the reply ,but how do I Overwrite a
> file
> >with another file?
>
> You just smash it. Either copy the next version on
> top of it, or move it.
> Subversion will see the change exactly as it would
> if you were to open the
> file, change it and save it.
>
> Again, if you have a lot of these, you should look
> at this script:
>
http://ericwilhelm.homeip.net/svn/Module-Subversion-Juggle/trunk/data/scripts/versioner_to_subversion
>
> It assumes that you have files named like so:
> /path/to/file/filename
> /path/to/file/.filename.000
> /path/to/file/.filename.001
> /path/to/file/.filename.002
> /path/to/file/.filename.003
>
> Where "filename" is what we want to end up with as
> the HEAD revision, and 000,
> 001, etc will be added and committed in numerical
> order before the current
> file ("filename".) These equate to Marc's
> A,B,C,D... as follows:
>
> E: /path/to/file/filename
> A: /path/to/file/.filename.000
> B: /path/to/file/.filename.001
> C: /path/to/file/.filename.002
> D: /path/to/file/.filename.003
>
>
> It also assumes that the first line of the backup
> files contains the version
> info (which must match /^original file last modified
> on /). If this is true,
> the line is removed and used as the commit message,
> but if not, it just
> generates a less-helpful commit message.
>
> --Eric
> --
> "It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to
> realize that you are in a
> hurry."
> --Ralph's
> Observation
>
>
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