AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

2011-07-26 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Daniel, Von: Daniel Shahaf [mailto:d...@daniel.shahaf.name] Markus Schaber wrote on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 15:57:00 +0200: Hi, Stefan, Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] So I'm not only detaching subdirectories, but also re-implanting them afterwards. Sounds like

AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

2011-07-25 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] This works fine even for new directories, deleted ones, etc. Caveat: It cannot do copies yet -- those will show up as simple adds. So moves and renames will lose their history? Yes. This is because the patch format cannot represent

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

2011-07-25 Thread Les Mikesell
On 7/25/11 7:49 AM, Markus Schaber wrote: Von: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] On 7/25/11 3:22 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote: I am not aware of any existing developer who expressed interest in working on 'svn detach'. Just curious: what drove the original WC design where each

AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

2011-07-25 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Stefan, Von: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] So I'm not only detaching subdirectories, but also re-implanting them afterwards. Sounds like what you really need is this as-of-yet not implemented feature: http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3625 Yes, that one

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

2011-07-25 Thread Mark Phippard
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On 7/25/11 7:49 AM, Markus Schaber wrote: Von: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] On 7/25/11 3:22 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote: I am not aware of any existing developer who expressed interest in working on

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

2011-07-25 Thread Les Mikesell
On 7/25/2011 9:24 AM, Mark Phippard wrote: Von: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] On 7/25/11 3:22 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote: I am not aware of any existing developer who expressed interest in

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

2011-07-25 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 09:49:13AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: I'm not arguing that the change is bad or shouldn't have been done, just that it is a very surprising change in design philosophy, and projects that make surprising design changes without concern for existing use patterns And the

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

2011-07-25 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:13:43AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: On 7/25/2011 9:58 AM, Mark Phippard wrote: You agree but you are also missing or glossing over my point. When you copied that subdirectory you were not using a feature of SVN, you used the OS. SVN cannot provide an option on the

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

2011-07-25 Thread Daniel Shahaf
I think you've made your point by now. However, 1.7 is close enough to being released that this feature will NOT be included in it. How do you suggest to proceed? Personally, I'd suggest documenting this in the 1.7 release notes and contributing the hands to work on this for 1.8. Les Mikesell