On 11/7/16 9:58 AM, gyanendra ojha wrote:
> hi eric,
>
> that is the issue, new branch created from old location is
> having the old path in svn log,i want it to point it to newly
> created branch path
>
> for example there is svn old branch //depot/a/a.txt
>
> now if i create branch //depot/b from old branch
>
> it will have a.txt in b branch..but when i go to
> //depot/b/a.txt and at GUI of SVN..do right click and select
> show log option..it shows history of changes done in a.txt but
> in path section it still shows //depot/a/a.txt instead of
> //depot/b/a.txt..now if old branch gets deleted..this history
> will be irrelevant for me
As I said I in my previous response, you should review info on peg &
operative revisions.
Also, even if you delete //depot/a/ , the history of //depot/a persists,
it is just not accessible when "peg" revision is "HEAD".
>
> requirement is to move a/a.txt to new location b/a.txt with
> history retained and that history should have changes pointing
> to new location b/a.txt not a/a.txt
With Subversion, you cannot have the history changes pointing to the new
location after your move, because that would not reflect the actual
history! That would be re-writing history as if folder "a" never existed.
Eric.
>
> i hope now u understand my issue
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:42 PM, Eric Johnson <eric_at_tibco.com
> <mailto:eric_at_tibco.com>> wrote:
>
>
> On 11/6/16 10:26 PM, gyanendra ojha wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I was assigned a task to move a branch or folder to different
> location in svn
>
> Making sure that history of the old branch is retained and not
> lost
>
> I was able to do it and history was showing in even new branch
>
> But my problem is that when i do svn log in new branch
> location..it shows me path still of old branch
>
>
> The old location is part of the history of the folder. As new
> changes appear in the new location, those changes will show the
> new path. Older changes that happened in the older location will
> show the old path.
>
> Perhaps you're using something other than the command line client?
> Perhaps the UI is making this confusing?
>
> svn log has a "--stop-on-copy" option that will show you the
> history of the changes only in the current location.
>
> I want history for this new branch to change as per new branch
> path..so that even in case the old branch gets deleted..i
> might be able to view the changes showing in svn log by going
> to the path
>
> Subversion will not lose your older changes, even if you delete
> the old path. All that deleting the old path does is remove the
> reference to the contents for current and future versions of the
> parent folder. Older versions of the parent folder still contain
> the older version of the child folder.
>
> You might benefit from understanding the difference between the
> "peg" and "operative" versions.
>
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html
> <http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html>
>
> Eric.
>
>
Received on 2016-11-07 19:07:54 CET