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RE: Add in Branch, tag, trunk directories after the fact

From: Ignacio García Fernández <ignacio.garcia_at_uv.es>
Date: 2005-10-06 19:09:10 CEST

El jue, 06-10-2005 a las 11:05 -0500, Brent Webster escribió:
> Wow, thanks for the quick response. Directory moving sounds like the
> right move!!!
>

Just one note. If you have set any externals properties, pointing to any
project in your repository, they also have to be updated.

For example, if proj A has as svn:externals
lib1 svn://repo/B/lib1

now it will be
lib1 svn://repo/trunk/B/lib1

Enjoy

Ignacio

> ---
> Brent x224
>
>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Paul Koning [mailto:pkoning@equallogic.com]
> >>Sent: October 6, 2005 12:04 PM
> >>To: Brent Webster
> >>Cc: users@subversion.tigris.org
> >>Subject: Re: Add in Branch, tag, trunk directories after the fact
> >>
> >>>>>>> "Brent" == Brent Webster
> >><brent.webster@liquidcomputing.com> writes:
> >>
> >> Brent> I didn't quite get the need for separate Branch, Tag
> >>and Trunk Brent> directories being an exCVS user so I
> >>initially ignored them.
> >> Brent> Now I get it and want to insert these directories.
> >>
> >> Brent> What's the best, fastest and/or safest way to do this?
> >> Brent> Can I preserve history?
> >>
> >>Create the new directories, and move the old directories
> >>under trunk, all with svn commands. Yes, that preserves
> >>history -- unlike CVS, in Subversion moves are supported in
> >>the machinery and are version controlled.
> >>
> >> Brent> Should my users checkin everything, do the directory
> >>change Brent> and then check back out?
> >>
> >>That sounds like a good idea. Be sure to train them to ask
> >>for trunk, or a specific branch, when checking out. If you
> >>ask for the top of the repository you get all the branches
> >>and all the tags, as separate files in your working directory.
> >>
> >> paul
> >>
> >>
>
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May the source be with you
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ignacio.garcia_at_uv.es                 Universidad de Valencia
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