On 10/16/06, Gavin Lambert <gavinl@compacsort.com> wrote:
> Quoth Dorian Guzmán <mailto:dorian.guzman@gmail.com>:
> > Is it possible to remove a directory from the working copy, but not
> > from the repository?
> > For example, suppose the repository and my working copy have the A
> > and B directories, but I don't want to get more updates from
> > directory B in my working copy. I'm trying to avoid the creation a
> > new working copy, if possible.
>
> Kind of. Create an empty folder in your repository somewhere (typically
> outside the trunk, and make sure it's kept empty). Then switch the
> folders in your working copy that you don't care about over to that
> folder. The folder will still exist, but it'll no longer contain any
> files, and it'll stay that way even across updates.
A more 'official' way to do this (the above being the official
workaround) is being worked on under the code name
'incomplete-directories' aka sparse working copies.
We hope it's one of the great new features of 1.5, but .. Well, it's
done when it's done.
bye,
Erik.
Received on Mon Oct 16 11:47:40 2006