At 21:19 21.12.2006, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>Please use "Reply To All" to reply also to the list, not just to me.
>More comments below:
Just done, thanks!
>On Dec 21, 2006, at 14:11, Klavierspieler wrote:
>
>>Hello Ryan Schmidt,
>>
>>>>Is there a way that SVN will _automatically_ add all new files and
>>>>remove all deleted files from the repository without further
>>>>intervention? Just a single command, and all changes are magically
>>>>added, removed, and commited?
>>>
>>>No. That's not how Subversion is meant to work.
>>>
>>>http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#wc-change-detection
>>
>>Thanks for the link. I understand that SVN is not meant to work
>>this way, but if I would still like to work it this way just for
>>me, how could I do so? Or is it just impossible?
>>
>>>>I searched the documentation and mailing list without avail. Or am
>>>>I just missing the obvious?
>>>
>>>I would say that Subversion is not necessarily designed for this
>>>scenario. I'd suggest using software designed to do backups.
>>
>>I have searched for an incrementatl, versioned delta backup
>>software (Win32), but found none. I do not need advanced features
>>like ownership, locked-files backup and all that, just small,
>>compact, versioned delta storage to keep old and new versions of
>>changes for the years to come. Suggestions?
>>
>>The beauty of SVN is that you can tell it exactly which files to
>>import in the first place. It keeps versions, and it stores deltas
>>only. Unfortunately it does just not update file structure changes,
>>at least not without heavy user intervention. Or does it, and if
>>so, how?
>
>Subversion does not do what you want. To do what you want, you'd have
>to write a script to parse the output of "svn info" on your working
>copy, issue the appropriate "svn add" and "svn delete" commands, and
>then "svn commit" it all, and you would then use this script instead
>of running "svn commit" manually. I'm not aware if anyone has written
>any such script already.
This leaves nothing but hope ...
Thanks for the clear answer,
Ralf
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