stash (was Re: revert --force)

I recognize that I meet some resistance here to my proposal...

So what about a command svn stash (shamelessly stolen from git-stash) then? Example:

$ svn stash save "Some dirty changes."

This would add new files, save all local modifications away and then revert --force the tree. At this point the wc would be clean, so I could

$ svn merge -r ...
$ svn commit -m "Merged -r ... "

Later, I would be able to either

$ svn stash pop

if I decide my changes were important or do nothing if not.

I realize that the way git handles repos makes this feature particularly easy for them to implement, but it should be possible for svn as well.

Would this constitute a less controversial feature request?

Best, Tobias

Am 10.12.2009 um 16:52 schrieb Tobias Hahn:

> Hi,
>
> I am frequently unnerved by the fact that revert does not remove unversioned files and directories. I understand that protecting them from accidental deletion is often desirable, but not always. My suggestion is therefore to add a --force option to revert which does a true revert: It reverts the working copy without trying to be smart and just erases everything what's not in the repository.
>
> Here's my use case:
> - I'm working on a branch.
> - I have a path in my working copy which is modified by some automatic scripts.
> - About once a week, I merge trunk. To do so, I need a clean working copy. To get it clean, I have to
> - manually delete all these files (slow and error prone) or
> - delete the path and checkout again (very slow)
> - just revert --force it (wishful thinking).
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Best, Tobias
>
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