Re: subversion

Ximon Eighteen wrote:
>>http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#single-file-checkout
>
> <vent>This restriction really bugs me :(</vent>
>
> Is this restriction "by design" ? The FAQ doesn't say why it cannot be done.
>
> Version 1.1 of the Subversion Book in the "Introduction to Subversion" says:
> "That is, Subversion manages **files** and directories over time".
>
> *It* may manage files but it won't let me manage files, only directories <grr>.
>
> In "Subversion's History" the text says "So CollabNet determined to write a
> new version control system from scratch, retaining the basic ideas of CVS, but
> without the bugs and misfeatures".
>
> I doubt that anyone considers checking out a file to be a bug but perhaps it
> can be considered a misfeature?
>
> I'm unsure where to look for the answer to this whole topic short of reading
> the entire subversion book. Any quick answers available out there?

Some quick answers:

http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=823
http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=695

Kalin.

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