Re: Update replace files??

On Monday 02 April 2007 09:45, B. Smith-Mannschott wrote:
[...]
> It will attempt to merge the changes that have been made to the
> repository since your last update into your local files. If it can
> not do so cleanly, it will generate an update "conflict", which I
> would suggest looking up in the Subversion book.
>
> It will not destroy your data. An update conflict, however, can be
> confusing for a beginner.

I might add; often the user (familiar with CVS but not SVN) did not
know to try `svn status` first to see if there are any potential
conflicts. See the note in the book: "CVS Users: Hold That Update!"

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Received on Mon Apr 2 20:17:22 2007