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Re: modifying the dot svn file

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:48:11 -0400

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 08:42, Phil Pinkerton <pcpinkerton_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I have several projects that are transferring from one subversion server to
> another, which means the URL has changed, my question is what might the
> issues be if I just edit the (dot) svn file and change the URL ? or is it
> better to just delete it and rerun the checkout from the newer server ?

The correct procedure is to use svn switch or if that won't work
(there are some situations where it won't), check out a new working
copy. Do NOT mess with the .svn directories yourself - they are meant
to only be touched by the Subversion API.
Received on 2010-04-06 14:49:02 CEST

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