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Re: Subclipse move [was: Advice for use of Subversion]

From: Mark Phippard <markp_at_softlanding.com>
Date: 2006-04-21 02:41:36 CEST

Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de> wrote on 04/20/2006 05:32:22 PM:

> On 20.04.06 16:09:41, Mark Phippard wrote:
> > "Clark, Ken" <Ken.Clark@pfizer.com> wrote on 04/20/2006 04:01:23 PM:
> > > 3) Assuming that #2 requires careful submission of commands to
> > Subversion
> > > while moving files -- does Eclipse/Subclipse, IntelliJ 5.x, or some
> > other tool
> > > do a better job of managing this?
> >
> > I can speak for Subclipse. It will capture a copy/move/refactoring
> > operation and run the command for you.
>
> I'd like to jump in here and ask you: Are your absolutely sure that
> Subclipse does a svn move when moving or renaming a file?

I am 100% sure. I am one of the Subclipse project owners.

> I'm asking
> because one can't really tell from the list of changed files upon
> committing, it only lists the new filename as added and the old one as
> deleted - the same is shown when doing svn move on the command line.
> That's why I always used svn move on the command line to rename/move
> files around.

That is because that is the way Subversion lists a move. The svn move
command is implemented as a Copy (add) followed by a Delete. In Eclipse
if you show the Console view you can see all of the commands we execute
and their output.

Mark

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