"Miller, Eric" <Eric.Miller@amd.com> wrote on 11/27/2007 11:41:08 AM:
> > Some tools do not handle the "extra" .svn directories well. They
> > either are unable to correctly ignore the contents, or even worse,
> > tend to change/delete things in it when they shouldn't. (Think
> > Visual Studio and the .svn/_svn hack.)
> >
> > Using the OS and copying a directory (and not ignoring) the .svn
> > directories can be dangerous if you copy from one working copy
> > directory to another. (Yes, you shouldn't do this, but users
> > do lots of things they shouldn't.)
>
> I'm in agreement here, but I want others to know that they shouldn't
> assume that using svn mv and svn del is *always* an option for users.
>
> Getting support for svn in closed-source 3rd party tools that
> move/rename data can be difficult at best.
Good point. There are alot of tools that fit into the category.
(Sorry for any HTML email in the past. Lotus Notes appears to randomly
revert back from Plain text format periodically...)
Kevin R.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org
Received on Tue Nov 27 18:52:13 2007