RE: can I checkout only a revision files ?

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> > From: Cooke, Mark [mailto:mark.cooke_at_siemens.com]
> > Sent: mercoledì 20 ottobre 2010 15.43
> > To: Andrea Antonio Maleci; Andy Levy
> > Cc: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: can I checkout only a revision files ?
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andy Levy [mailto:andy.levy_at_gmail.com]
> > > Sent: mercoledì 20 ottobre 2010 15.25
> > > To: Andrea Antonio Maleci
> > > Cc: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> > > Subject: Re: can I checkout only a revision files ?
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 09:17, Andrea Antonio Maleci
> > > <A.Maleci_at_iwbank.it> wrote:
> > > > Is it possible to checkout only files (not patch, but
> > > > entire files) from a specific revision ?
> > >
> > > Yes, use the --revision option for svn co.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrea Antonio Maleci [mailto:A.Maleci_at_iwbank.it]
> > > Sent: 20 October 2010 14:34
> > > To: 'Andy Levy'
> > > Cc: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> > > Subject: RE: can I checkout only a revision files ?
> > >
> > > It retrieves entire repository at specified revision, not
> > > only the modified one...
> > >
> > That is the way subversion works. A revision number identifies a
> state
> > of the complete repository and includes all files / folders /
> metadata
> > etc.
> >
> > So, are you asking for only the files changed from the previous
> > revision?
>
> Yes, I need only last changes, but entire files, not only diffs.
>
> >
> > If so, why would you want that? Subversion only sends diffs
> between
> > client and server, so that is already efficient.
>
> It seems, from your answer, that I need to write a script, getting
> output from svn log e requiring to svn last revision of changed
> files.
>
> >
> > If you want a list of the changes you can use the 'log' command.
> > Remember that metadata can also change in a revision, not just
> > files/folders.
> >
> > I am not aware that you can ask subversion to give you a working
> copy
> > only containing the files updated by a particular rev but I fail
> to see
> > how that would be useful...
>
> If you version and commit your classes, you need to get only
> changed one to patch you application server.
> That's why I need last committed files.
>
> >
> > If that does not help, try rephrasing your question and/or
> providing
> > more background.

My NAnt build scripts have a task that will create a "delta" of the changed deployables to create a hotfix for example. Just pulling out the changed stuff from svn wouldn't work anyway... since new binaries need to be built most of the time.

BOb
Received on 2010-10-20 17:41:32 CEST