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Re: Ssubversion Bugs

From: Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.connolly_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:03:13 +0100

2009/9/3 Andrey Repin <anrdaemon_at_freemail.ru>

> Greetings, Stephen Connolly!
>
> >> > Is Single File Checkout possible in subversion ?
> >>
> >> It's meningfully possible, although it's not an one easy operation.
> >> Check out empty directoy, then update only that file you want.
> >>
> >>
> > That is technically 2-file checkout (1 file + 1 dir)
>
> That's what I mean "meaningfully possible" :)
> We can discuss the actual results, but for user, it will look like it's
> only
> one file checked out. Subversion need to know the file path in repository,
> and due to the WC organization, you need at least one level of subdirectory
> to
> store technical data. (clean copies etc.)
>
>
Ahh but what if I wanted to check out two different files from two different
repository locations into the same directory...

(yes yes we all know about file externals)

So I would not even pretend that your solution is checking out only one file

;-)

-Stephen

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