Rename in Subversion

Hi All,

When I did a rename of a file and committed it, I found the original
file was still available.

Further investigation revealed that a rename is treated as two
operation, first operation deletes the file while the second operation
copies a new file from the original file. Even though it's two
operations, the object id remains the same hence considered as "true
rename".

The issue is that when you rename a file and commit the renamed file,
the *** original file *** delete operation is not performed and
therefore that file is still available and appears to be under a **
different ** object ID. How do I know ? a log of the original file does
not traverse the tree.

We cannot commit the original file delete operation because the file
does not exist. The only way around is to commit the entire directory
(and uncheck the files you don't want to commit, if you are using a GUI
client like TortoiseSVN).

Is this a known issue or a user error :)

Thanks
Lakshman

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Received on Thu Dec 20 05:59:15 2007