AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

Hi, Stefan,

> Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:stsp_at_elego.de]

> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:37:36AM +0200, Markus Schaber wrote:
> > Hi, Stefan,
> >
> > Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:stsp_at_elego.de]
> > >> [Detaching of subdirectories of working copies]
> > > Honestly, we simply don't know how many people need this.
> >
> > Strictly speaking, it is not "needed" by anyone - one can always use
a
> > fresh checkout, and then manually merge all the changes.
>
> 1.7 has 'svn patch' so transferring local changes to a new checkout
can be
> done in an automated way.
>
> cd ~/wc/subtree
> svn diff > /tmp/subtree-changes.diff
> cd ~
> svn co $URL/subtree other_wc
> svn patch /tmp/subtree-changes.diff other_wc
>
> This works fine even for new directories, deleted ones, etc.
> Caveat: It cannot do copies yet -- those will show up as simple adds.

So moves and renames will lose their history?

> > But in my experience, a lot of users (including me) actually made
use
> > of the "copying a subdir just works" pattern.
>
> Good to know.

My experiences cover several companies. In all of them, I had coworkers
using this pattern (as well as myself).

This is not representative, however.

Best regards

Markus Schaber

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Received on 2011-07-25 14:27:53 CEST