David, > -----Original Message----- > From: David Crossley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 2:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: lost svn history for samples (Was: commit: r556367 [1/2]) > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 David Crossley wrote: > > Gav.... wrote: > > > From: David Crossley > > > > > > > > Ooops. You should have used 'svn move'. This has now lost all > > > > the svn history for those files. > > > > > > Welcome back :) > > > > > > Do you know, I did try and use 'svn move' but it would have > > > none of it, several complaints of which I can't remember. > > > > If you have problems when commiting, then please discuss > > it with your friends. > > > > > I suppose we could revert back before this commit and then try > > > the svn move again ? > > > > Yes please. We connot afford to lose svn history. > > > > If you continue to have trouble, then one of the other > > committers will need to help. > > > > > One file doesn't get moved but gets changed > > > instead (index.xml) meaning we can't move that directory whole, each > file > > > would need to be done individually I think. > > > > There is always a way. Perhaps index.xml needs to be copied > > and the others moved. Individually perhaps. It is trivial > > to create a temporary shell script to do the individual > > moves and copies. For example, use 'ls samples > temp.sh' > > and vi to edit it into a shell script which performs a > > list of 'svn mv' or 'svn cp' commands. > > Done now. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-1063
Wow, much work had to be done here, goes to show how a simple mistake can blow out. > > In future please do reverts promptly. It makes it more difficult > to do it later. Absolutely, I did try at the time, my svn foo not being up to scratch I stuffed that up too. Thanks for your hard work on this and correcting it all. Gav... > > -David > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2 - Release Date: 1/12/2008 > 12:00 AM
