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> On 12 May 2014 07:24, Cooke, Mark <mark.cooke_at_siemens.com> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kamil Libich [mailto:kamil.libich_at_gmail.com]
> > Sent: 07 May 2014 15:09
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I could not find any information neither in the archive nor in the
> svn book
> > :-(
> >
> > I'd like to ask you about the copying a file(s) from one repo branch
> to
> > another branch of the repo. Although, seems to be trivial, please
> read the
> > scenario below.
> >
> > I've been working on the project which has a lot of changes which
> have to be
> > deployed in very short periods of time; daily or sometimes twice a
> day. I do
> > releases directly from the trunk.
> >
> > Now, I heading the situation in which I have to work on the
> different
> > software; still within the same project, but in different branch.
> Let call
> > this new branch a trunk2.
> >
> > I realised, that I have to slightly modify a lot of files belongs to
> trunk
> > branch. Instead of doing ordinary copy operation and check in to the
> new
> > branch with comment about its provenance in the comment field (as I
> do when
> > I have to copy one or two files only) I'd like to copy in the way
> that the
> > information about from where the files were copied we maintain in
> svn
> > automatically.
> >
> > Can I do this?
>
>
> If I understand you correctly: yes!
>
> Check out the subversion "copy" command which does exactly what you
> want. If you work in local "working copies" then you can copy multiple files
> and commit in one go. If you use TortoiseSVN on Windows (you forget to say
> what platform you are on) you can also use the right-click-and-drag which
> will offer you the svn options when you do the file movement.
>
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.ref.svn.c.copy.html
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> ~ Mark C
>
>
> > Sumarising,
> > The present situation:
> > 1. I check out the trunk branch
> > 2. I check out the trunk2 branch
> > 3. I do copy the files I want (under the OS, select and drag over)
> > 4. I update the trunk2 branch with the information about the source
> of the
> > files in the comment window during the update
> >
> > The demanded situation:
> > How to do the copy (create a duplicate of the file in the different
> branch
> > and still the same branch) whilst the information about the source
> of the
> > copy will be automatically (not in comments field) maintained by
> SVN.
> > It will allow me to do the independent changes in two branches still
> > maintaining the history with letting me know which file was derived
> from
> > which file and when.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kamil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kamil Libich [mailto:kamil.libich_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: 13 May 2014 15:56
> To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Cc: Cooke, Mark
> Subject: Re: Copy the files between the branches witin the same repo and with
> saving the svn info about the operation.
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> You understood correctly.
>
> And I was blind.
>
> I use tortoisesvn client under windows. There reason I couldn't spot this
> functionality in TSVN is because in tortoisesvn the name for the copy
> operation is "Branch/Tag..." which automatically locks me up in thinking that
> is available only for folders.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
I am glad to help. I just checked the TSVN context menus and you are right, I had forgotten that "copy" was not in there. However, I usually use right-click-and-drag in explorer because windoze gives you options for move / copy even for non-subversion files (which can be a very useful safeguard at times!)
Anyway, for completeness I wanted to also point out this page:
http://tortoisesvn.net/usefultips.html
...which includes the right-click-and-drag under "Most forgotten feature"
~ Mark C
Received on 2014-05-14 10:09:35 CEST