Philip Martin wrote on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 18:44:54 +0000: > Bob Archer <bob.arc...@amsi.com> writes: > > >> Suppose I have a directory tree: > >> > >> foo/ > >> bar/ > >> zig > >> > >> and I delete the tree foo/bar and replace it by a file foo/bar. > >> What > >> should "svn revert --depth=files foo" do? Should it revert > >> foo/bar? > >> How much of foo/bar should it restore? > > > > You have done the following: > > > > 1. Delete a folder. > > > > 2. Add a file. > > > > If you revert "foo" it will remove the add, but it won't restore the > > folder... you would have to revert the delete which would restore the > > folder. > > Perhaps, but if I delete a file and replace it with another file, or > delete a directory and replace it with a directory, then revert will > undo both the add and the delete. Nodes that get reverted don't > generally end up deleted, they end up pristine. >
And the question is, (to what degree) are the directory's children part of its "pristine" state... Daniel (who sees the logic in Mike's answer) > -- > Philip
