jbeall wrote:
> I see this was requested back in the pre-1.0 days, but it doesn't appear to
> have gotten any interest since then... has the idea been abandoned? I would
> find it extremely useful. At my workplace we have *tons* of code that is
> not in a version control system of any kind, and it would be extremely
> useful to be able to do in-place imports.
Does this not work for you?
http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#in-place-import
-Nathan
> I can't imagine we're that
> unique--I've had too many conversations with devs at other shops that are in
> a similar situation.
>
> Import-Rename-Checkout works, but it would be a lot nicer to import things
> in place.
>
> Here's the issue link, and some of the details:
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1328
>
>
> * Summary: Import should have an option to create WC (was "cannot checkout
> over previously imported tree")
>
> Description: Opened: Fri May 23 21:30:00 -0700 2003 Sort by: Oldest
> first | Newest first
>
> This is useful when you want to create a project in an IDE and them
> import it. The .svn dir is needed so a fresh checkout or even a way to
> do an import that writes back the .svn dirs would be great.
>
> Thanks
>
> ------- Additional comments from Ben Collins-Sussman Mon Jun 23 20:06:31
> -0700 2003 -------
>
> I'm not sure whether even *CVS* allows you to do a 'checkout' which
> overwrites an unversioned tree. The idea makes my skin crawl.
> Assigning to post-1.0, enhancement. Let the debate over this happen
> later.
>
> ------- Additional comments from David Waite Tue Dec 30 10:29:57 -0700 2003
> -------
>
> Copy of text sent to the mailing list:
>
> "Just a $0.02 on this subject - my ideal 'import' would actually just be a
> svn add which did not
> require a root wc. it would schedule the whole imported tree for addition,
> and perhaps would scan
> for things such as mime-type and line endings and set those properties.
> However, it wouldn't
> affect the repository until I did a commit. This would allow me to have much
> stronger control over
> my imports, and also would leave me after import with a valid working copy."
>
> ------- Additional comments from Karl Fogel Tue Jul 6 07:21:32 -0700 2004
> -------
>
> Fix summary.
>
> ------- Additional comments from Ben Reser Wed Jul 21 09:35:32 -0700 2004
> -------
>
> Someone got carried away with platform and OS again. This applies to All.
>
>
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