Concerning Re: "svn update" fails to remove fo
Markus Kuhn wrote on 20 Nov 2009, 15:10, at least in part:
> Daniel Shahaf wrote on 2009-11-20 14:06 UTC:
> > > Shouldn't svn update be at liberty to destroy any ignored files
> > > located in a folder that it is about to remove?
> >
> > We could add a switch to do that, perhaps.
>
> I would find such a switch very useful! It would help me to avoid a
> lot of manual cleanup of folders that should have vanished on their
> own.
>
> How about:
>
> --dont-preserve-ignored : do not preserve ignored files when
> (re)moving folders
I should say this is a very dangerous approach. While you may be
certain that none of the possibly ignored files (how about ignored
subfolders?) in a folder of your working copy you are about to
remove is of any value for you, another developer may have ignored
files of value for him which such a switch would remove on update
just the same, without his knowledge or even consent.
I can see the upside for e.g. editor-generated backup files, but I
also use ignore patterns for script drafts, ideas files, one-time
copies of versioned scripts customized for specific tasks etc. etc.
I wouldn't want any other person with commit rights to tamper with
these.
JH
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