See my aim is to create branch a/a.txt from b/a.txt and then del a..and i want history in branch a to show path for branch b not a..is it possible?
I know as b is branched from a..modification history of b will habe reference of a..but i want other way around On 7 Nov 2016 23:44, "Eric Johnson" <e...@tibco.com> wrote: > > On 11/7/16 10:10 AM, gyanendra ojha wrote: > >> >> Ok so u mean ..there is no way out for this..no solution >> >> Maybe, maybe not. It isn't clear whether your concern is about losing > history, or that Subversion doesn't let you rewrite history to reflect some > arbitrary desired state. > > Subversion won't lose history. > > Eric. > >> >> On 7 Nov 2016 23:37, "Eric Johnson" <e...@tibco.com <mailto: >> e...@tibco.com>> wrote: >> >> On 11/7/16 9:58 AM, gyanendra ojha wrote: >> >> hi eric, >> >> that is the issue, new branch created from old location is >> having the old path in svn log,i want it to point it to newly >> created branch path >> >> for example there is svn old branch //depot/a/a.txt >> >> now if i create branch //depot/b from old branch >> >> it will have a.txt in b branch..but when i go to >> //depot/b/a.txt and at GUI of SVN..do right click and select >> show log option..it shows history of changes done in >> a.txt but >> in path section it still shows //depot/a/a.txt instead of >> //depot/b/a.txt..now if old branch gets deleted..this history >> will be irrelevant for me >> >> >> As I said I in my previous response, you should review info on peg >> & operative revisions. >> >> Also, even if you delete //depot/a/ , the history of //depot/a >> persists, it is just not accessible when "peg" revision is "HEAD". >> >> >> requirement is to move a/a.txt to new location b/a.txt with >> history retained and that history should have changes pointing >> to new location b/a.txt not a/a.txt >> >> >> With Subversion, you cannot have the history changes pointing to >> the new location after your move, because that would not reflect >> the actual history! That would be re-writing history as if folder >> "a" never existed. >> >> Eric. >> >> >> i hope now u understand my issue >> >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:42 PM, Eric Johnson <e...@tibco.com >> <mailto:e...@tibco.com> <mailto:e...@tibco.com >> <mailto:e...@tibco.com>>> wrote: >> >> >> On 11/6/16 10:26 PM, gyanendra ojha wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I was assigned a task to move a branch or folder to >> different >> location in svn >> >> Making sure that history of the old branch is retained >> and not >> lost >> >> I was able to do it and history was showing in even >> new branch >> >> But my problem is that when i do svn log in new branch >> location..it shows me path still of old branch >> >> >> The old location is part of the history of the folder. As new >> changes appear in the new location, those changes will >> show the >> new path. Older changes that happened in the older >> location will >> show the old path. >> >> Perhaps you're using something other than the command line >> client? >> Perhaps the UI is making this confusing? >> >> svn log has a "--stop-on-copy" option that will show you the >> history of the changes only in the current location. >> >> I want history for this new branch to change as per >> new branch >> path..so that even in case the old branch gets deleted..i >> might be able to view the changes showing in svn log >> by going >> to the path >> >> Subversion will not lose your older changes, even if you >> delete >> the old path. All that deleting the old path does is >> remove the >> reference to the contents for current and future versions >> of the >> parent folder. Older versions of the parent folder still >> contain >> the older version of the child folder. >> >> You might benefit from understanding the difference >> between the >> "peg" and "operative" versions. >> >> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html >> <http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html> >> <http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ >> en/1.7/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html >> <http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html>> >> >> Eric. >> >> >> >> >
