Konstantin Kolinko wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:48:46 +0400: > 2011/6/23 Gavin Baumanis <gav...@thespidernet.com>: > > Hi there everyone, > > > > I am just wondering if there is a short-hand way of excluding a directory > > from a copy? > > > > I am wanting to create a branch from the trunk - but omit a specific > > directory from the copy as it contains about 1GB of binary data that are > > not required for the work that will be occurring in the branch. > > > > I can manually do it, by doing a WC->WC copy and then simply deleting the > > sub-directory that I don't need, prior to committing the branch. > > But I thought I would ask if there was a smarter and more efficient way to > > do it first. > > Copying 1 GB takes time... > > You can > 1) create URL -> URL copy, > then do "svn delete URL" as a separate commit > 2) do not delete the unneeded subdirectory, but either do "svn switch" > (should preserve unmodified data in place), or a sparse checkout > > I think that both action in 1) should be possible to do in one commit > using svnmucc program - but I have never used it. >
svnmucc -m logmsg cp HEAD $U/trunk $U/branches/foo rm $U/branches/foo/subdir But actually I suggest to do it as you suggested, with 'svn rm URL' as a separate commit, which is then 'merge --record-only'ed to trunk. (assuming it's a branch intended for reintegration) > Best regards, > Konstantin Kolinko
