RE: Force copy?

Daniell, Casey B [mailto:Casey_Daniell@reyrey.com] wrote:
> Ok, I am scripting out a process that will tag (copy in SVN terms) a
> repository as part of a build. Occasionally, the build will fail for
> one reason or another and the copy needs to be done again (
> overwriting the existing items.)
>
> Is there a way to do this? I don't see a switch that will allow me
> to tell copy to do this no matter what? Ideas?

Another option is to make a note of the repository revision you checked
out (and branch if relevant in your environment). That alone forms a
unique identification of the source used to perform the build. When you
reach the stage in your process where the build is deemed to have
worked, you can then make a tag/copy of that revision of the source,
even if HEAD has since moved on.

Whilst we used to create tags for each build under former source
control systems (CVS, Source Safe), we've never bothered to do it under
Subversion. We record the repository revision used in a way which is
carried through into the built software, and that fulfils the purpose of
a tag. So you might just want to ask yourself why you are creating tags
at all, and if it's just a hangover from a deficiency in a former source
control system.

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