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RE: Need to run an SVN Update which preserves local changes

From: Giulio Troccoli <giulio.troccoli_at_uk.linedata.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:07:14 +0100

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-----Original Message-----

> From: Alexander Maw [mailto:icouldntgetagoodname_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: 29 July 2009 12:54
> To: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Need to run an SVN Update which preserves local changes
>
> Hi
>
> I have a team that needs to be able to run an SVN update
> without local changes being lost. Is there a switch or
> argument for running the Update that will ignore locally
> changed files? We would rather the update would just run,
> determine what have been changed locally and leave them
> alone, without manually working with ignore lists since that
> invites the possibility that things will be ignored after
> they are supposed to be or will not be ignored when they should.
>
> I'm concerned that my only option may be figuring out a
> script to identify locally changed files and set them to be
> ignored, which will also mean ensuring only the correct files
> are ignored and are set back once they are no longer being
> altered and need to sync up again.
>
> Many thanks for your help
> Alex

Svn update is designed to not delete your changes. It will merge other's into your local copy of the files. Have you tried it? Is it not doing what you expected? What were you expected?

Giulio

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