Re: What do you Hate about Subversion?

> Shoot the whole problem that I'm trying to solve is that I'm trying to
> track changes in text files, and svn is trying to stop me from doing
> that.

No, it does do that. Just not the way you expected it, but it does do
it. Subversion only implements exactly defined idempotent
transformations. Never will it implement an algorithm which 'may lead
to 3 or maybe 4 newlines depending on how you interpret them'.

> I've already TOLD subversion in config which files are text
> (*.c, *.h), and which eol-style to use. I'm not wanting it to do it
> without my knowledge. What the heck kind of goal is that for svn?
> Stop my productivity? If I just import everything as binary, then I
> cannot track changes because it shows me EVERY line is changed when I
> only changed one (sorry I can't tell you which one).

No, you changed ALL lines, just not the contents of them.

Please take your frustration elsewhere.

bye,

Erik.

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Received on Fri Feb 2 23:02:34 2007