Quoth Flanakin Michael C Ctr HQ OSSG/OMR
<mailto:Michael.Flanakin.Ctr@Gunter.Af.Mil>:
> I'm sure shelving isn't a new concept, but this is the first time
> I've heard about it. Are there any planned additions of a similar
> type of capability in Subversion? For those that don't know, shelving
> allows you to make modifications and do a partial commit. Check outs
> and updates don't get the shelved content. A separate command (i.e.
> unshelve) gets the shelved mods. Then, additional mods can be made
> and committed when the changes are complete.
As far as I am aware, shelving is indistiguishable from branching.
About the only difference is perhaps that you're not expecting the
"shelved" branch to be in a compilable state, and it tends to be "owned"
by a single developer. Neither of which Subversion would care about :)
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Received on Thu Dec 1 23:52:02 2005