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Re: Question regarding "@" symbol

From: Blair Zajac <blair_at_orcaware.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:37:42 -0800

On 01/08/2013 12:11 PM, Leonard Wayne wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I read the Subversion documentation (in
> particular the "Peg and Operative Revisions"
> section) for how to handle versioning of
> directories with names that contain the "@"
> symbol. But I am still confused by something.
>
> I want to use the "import" command to import a
> tree that includes subdirectories with names
> that contain the "@" symbol. For example I
> would like to do the following (using the
> Windows syntax):
>
> svn import c:\myPath\myDirTree file:///c:/svn/repo/myProject -m "Initial import."

This will work. The only issue with @ is when it appears in a command
line. Anytime you reference one of the directories with a @ in its
name, then you'll need to append a @ at the end.

> The directory tree "myDirTree" contains
> subdirectories with names that contain the "@"
> symbol.
>
> The command executes without reporting any
> problems.
>
> But is it OK to use this command? Or instead
> of using the "import" command should I instead
> do a bunch of "add" commands and use the
> workaround discussed in the "Peg and Operative
> Revisions" section of the manual (append "@"
> at the end of the path)?

No, just use import.

BTW, I don't like import for a different reason is that there's no
forgiveness for errors, say if you've left a file in the directory you
don't want to import. I like to do a recursive add instead for that reason.

Regards,
Blair
Received on 2013-01-08 22:38:21 CET

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