Re: Remove items from source control without deleting them

On 07/16/2009 11:34 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Christopher Clarke wrote:
>> What do you think about making the --keep-local flag work for
>> everyone's working copy?
>>
>> For example, I want remove myfile.txt from the repository but not
>> delete it locally, so I: svn delete --keep-local myfile.txt
>>
>> Why should this delete the file locally from anyone else's working copy?
>
> Ummm, because it is a versioned file and the point of a versioning
> system is to make that happen...

I don't want it to be a versioned file any more, for a good reason.

>> Why not just leave it in all working copies too?
>
> What should you expect to happen when someone jumps their working copy
> back and forth between the times when the file was/wasn't versioned
> (something versioning systems are supposed to do predictably)?

I expect the file to jump back and forth between a versioned state
(replacing the contents if appropriate) and an unversioned state.

Thanks,
Chris

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Received on 2009-07-16 17:49:36 CEST