Re: SVN 1.5.3 and possible data loss

On 2009-08-12 08:32:59 -0400, Andy Levy wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 08:23, Vincent Lefevre<vincent+svn_at_vinc17.org> wrote:
> > Yes, but this isn't sufficient. I suspect that some users do
> > the following:
> >  1. Copy the file somewhere else (e.g. on a USB key).
> >  2. Do some "off-line" editing. And when they come back:
> >  3. Do "svn up".
> >  4. Copy the edited file to the working copy (with "cp").
> >
> > (Now I wonder whether a Subversion aware "cp" should be provided,
> > to warn the user against possible damage if the destination is a
> > versioned file.)
>
> But what guarantees that the user will use this version?

Nothing of course. But it can be useful for a user who knows that
he repeatedly does such things. The sysadmin can also install this
version under some conditions (e.g. an alias in the default .*rc).

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