Re: Feature request: Save the old file when svn revert

Hello,

David Grierson wrote:
> > "svn revert" will delete the local changes and nowhere to find, which
> > is dangerous.
> > I suggest the default behaiver should be save the local changed
> > file(if any) to "filename.local" and do the revert.
> >
> That's actually not a bad idea ... I've been burnt by this one a couple of times myself.
>
> Probably worth raising it with the dev_at_subversion.apache.org list to see if it's something that they've considered previously.

Actually a feature in at least one GUI client:
http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-settings.html#tsvn-dug-settings-dialogs
Otherwise it's rather platform specific to implement, and may be better suited for integrated clients.

Andreas
Received on 2015-07-21 10:38:25 CEST