Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

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 w

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

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

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

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 th

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

On 7/25/2011 9:58 AM, Mark Phippard wrote: Agreed, but it is a logical design that falls out of the way subdirectories work and the way people use them. There are plenty of instances where people did not want this behavior, and for them it is now fixed. Ag

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/25/2011 9:24 AM, Mark Phippard wrote: > >> >> In SVN 1.6 and earlier it is not like someone wrote code specifically to >> allow people to copy/move folders out of their WC. It was just >> something that fell out of the design. >> > > Ag

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

On 7/25/2011 9:24 AM, Mark Phippard 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

Re: AW: copying subdirectories in subversion 1.7

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Les Mikesell 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

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 subdir