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

On 20.04.06 20:41:36, Mark Phippard wrote:
> 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 suspected that :-)

> > 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.

I do know about the svn-console, but it seems I never looked at it after
a move.

Thanks for the info, now I can assure my co-workers that we don't loose
history due to using subclipse :-)

Andreas

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