RE: Remove items from source control without deleting them

> > One approach is to supply a template or default copy under a
> different
> > name and a build/setup/install script (or user instructions) to copy
> the
> > default file to the expected name if one doesn't already exist.
>
> This is a good tip, similar to the FAQ Bob Archer pointed me to:
> http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#ignore-commit
>
> Thanks to both of you.
>
> But this doesn't address the problem of needing to remove an item from
> version control that's already there without deleting the item from any
> working copy.

You are correct. If you delete it as named when people update they will lose it in their working copy. I think the only thing you can do is notify them to backup their files... update... then restore the file into place or copy the .template file and edit as needed. It would be only a 1 time pain.

BOb

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Received on 2009-07-15 23:39:02 CEST