2009/8/3 Fejes József <fejes_at_joco.name>:
>>>>> I know that a newly added file doesn't have a history yet but why
>>>>> does
>>>>> that matter? That + sign could appear just like it does with another
>>>>> file that does have a history, it should be a link nonetheless. I
>>>>> don't
>>>>
>>>> Well the + means "copied with history", but clearly from svn's
>>>> perspective there is no history, so I think the output is correct. I
>>>> don't know whether the developers think that the overall behavior is
>>>> correct.
>>>
>>> The lack of + made me think that these files are not cheap copies,
>>> just
>>> regular, space-wasting copies, but clearly I was wrong about the
>>> meaning
>>> of it. So is it cheap or not? How do I tell the difference without
>>> the +
>>> sign?
>>
>> I don't know if this copy will be cheap. But you can create a
>> throwaway repository and try it out.
>>
>> If you find the copy is not cheap, and you don't want to use file-
>> level externals for this, then I recommend you do the other thing you
>> don't want to do, and commit the lib directory first, then create the
>> web* directories and copy things to them and commit them second. You
>> say it's a pain, but if this is a type of build you do often, I
>> expect you already have a script for it, so just change these steps
>> in the script.
>
> Ok, I experimented a little with a local repository, using the latest
> version of TortoiseSVN. I found that the copy of a newly added file is not
> cheap. Should I report this as a bug then?
Cheap copies require that there be something already in the repository
to reference (the copy is just a pointer to the source @ a particular
revision). If the item being copied isn't already in the repository, I
don't understand how the copy could be made cheaply.
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