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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Branko Čibej [mailto:brane_at_wandisco.com]
> Sent: 23 July 2015 07:59
> To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Feature request: Save the old file when svn revert
>
> On 22.07.2015 15:51, Bert Huijben wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Daniel Shahaf [mailto:d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name]
> >> Sent: woensdag 22 juli 2015 13:43
> >> To: Markus Schaber <m.schaber_at_codesys.com>
> >> Cc: Grierson, David <David.Grierson_at_sky.uk>; dev_at_subversion.apache.org;
> 牛
> What we really want here is "svn stash", i.e., an equivalent to "git
> stash". In other words, I would not consider changing how "svn revert"
> works; instead, I'd like to design a new working copy feature that does
> more useful stuff than just saving away local modifications on revert.
> Since any such saving would require a working copy format change to be
> even remotely useful, we may as well consider introducing whole-hawg
> working copy state management.

Guys,

I think you're needlessly over-complicating things.

Genuinely - what's wrong with just saving the modified item to a new name (e.g. $item.reverted)?

Okay - you /might/ end up with files "cluttering up" a working copy ... so you remove them if they're troubling you. They won't have been created unless you explicitly opted-in to have the revert save the modifications. If you actually wanted to keep them then they're not going to trouble you.

Sure this doesn't handle directory reverts but it's an improvement without any major change to the behaviour of the revert command, no change to the format of working copies or anything else like that. Surely some simple benefit is better than ending up with a feature that's going to take a massive amount of effort to develop and test?

Dg.

Information in this email including any attachments may be privileged, confidential and is intended exclusively for the addressee. The views expressed may not be official policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete it from your system. You should not reproduce, distribute, store, retransmit, use or disclose its contents to anyone. Please note we reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communication through our internal and external networks. SKY and the SKY marks are trademarks of Sky plc and Sky International AG and are used under licence. Sky UK Limited (Registration No. 2906991), Sky-In-Home Service Limited (Registration No. 2067075) and Sky Subscribers Services Limited (Registration No. 2340150) are direct or indirect subsidiaries of Sky plc (Registration No. 2247735). All of the companies mentioned in this paragraph are incorporated in England and Wales and share the same registered office at Grant Way, Islewort
h, Middlesex TW7 5QD.
Received on 2015-07-23 11:16:39 CEST