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> From: news [mailto:news_at_ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Kamaraju S
> Kusumanchi
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:49 PM
> To: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: merging svn and nonsvn copies
>
> I have a project (say P) that I manage under subversion. For the
> project I
> also collaborate with another person (say X). X does not use
> subversion.
>
> So I end up
> 1) making a "svn export" when my part is complete, give it to X (in
> a .tar.gz format).
> 2) X makes some changes and gives it back to me.
> 3) I unzip the new tar.gz directory
> 4) copy it by rsync to my working copy
> 5) then commit the changes to the repository from working copy
>
> I am wondering if there is an svn way of doing step 4. Here I am
> essentially
> merging changes between an svn copy, and a nonsvn copy. Can this be
> done by
> svn? I looked in svn merge's help but there both initial arguments
have
> to
> subversioned directories.
1) Create X-branch.
2) Export from X-branch and send tar to X.
3) Get updated code back from X.
4) Check updated code into branch X.
5) Merge from branch X into your working copy/branch.
Plan B:
Make X install subversion so that he can do/export his own work on the X
branch in a workspace. (I'm guessing that X is using a different
version
control system?) In theory 'svn co' and 'svn ci' are easier/lazier than
dealing with 'svn export' and tar files. The only downside occurs when X
balks at having to merge your changes into his workspace (i.e. 'svn
update' creates a conflict.)
SVN is pretty lightweight (at least on the Windows side) and should
coexists easily with another version control system.
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