Re: What to do when Update, Clean, Resolve everything else does not work?

On Jul 26, 2006, at 19:37, Bill Ewing wrote:

> The thing we are doing "wrong" seems to be using an external tool like
> Windows Explorer to delete a folder that is under source control
> and then
> replace it.

Yes; that would be a no-no.

> The disturbing thing is this: by a series of very normal file
> management
> actions, it is foolishly easy to put subversion into a state in
> which it
> simply cannot offer adequate means to fight your way out of.

Subversion is designed so that you will use its own commands whenever
you want to remove or rename files or directories, and that you are
not to use other means to do this, such as Windows Explorer.

> What I wish SVN could do is figure things out when:
> 1. We delete a folder.
> 2. We replace the folder with a new folder of the same name. Some
> of the
> files within it match what was there before, and some don't.
> 3. We tell SVN to do a Clean Up or Update or some simple command
> 4. We are able to commit the files
>
> How hard is that? Doesn't it seem like a robust source management
> tool
> would handle this in stride?

No; at least, not Subversion. This FAQ entry may be relevant:

http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#wc-change-detection

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Received on Wed Jul 26 20:26:29 2006