> -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 24 November 2006 4:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Building Forrest 2 > > Gav.... wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: David Crossley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, 23 November 2006 8:25 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: Building Forrest 2 > >> > >> Ross Gardler wrote: > >>> David Crossley wrote: > >>>> Then Ross rearranged the repository to add the "core" subdirectory > >>>> which blew away my changes. > >>> Doh!!! > >>> > >>> Sorry!!! > >>> > >>> (Strangely enough I am currently writing a presentation on using SVN > in > >>> Open source, I now have a new bullet point "not foolproof") > >> The only thing that i meant by that statement was that my > >> changes were lost and i didn't re-add them. > >> > >> I think the reason that i had trouble with your restructure > >> was that i was working in that directory at the same time that > >> you did a temporary move and then another move soon after. > >> My 'svn up's didn't catch it and i needed to rm -r and > >> svn up again. So i don't blame SVN. > > > > I lost my local changes too, they were not important, but I think I > would > > 'blame' SVN. Around the same time as you I guess I did an 'svn up' which > > Deleted some directories and then bombed out when trying to add them > back > > In again saying they weren't under version control (or similar). So I > > Too just removed the lot and redownloaded the lot - when I say 'the lot' > > It only took a minute or two, as compared to say Forrest 1 which takes > 1/2 > > hour or Lenya which takes over a hour. > > Do you use a GUI interface to SVN? If so don't! > > I've seen many problems like the ones you describe when using a GUI > interface. TO be fair I have also seen them occasionally with the > command line, but far less often. > > I don't use GUI's but I often "observe" team members struggling with the > various bugs hidden in there. > > If you haven't done so, take the time to learn the command line - it > will save you time in the long run. It won't help with your download > speeds, only Forrest 2 can do that ;-) > > Ross
No, I don't have a GUI Interface (such as TortoiseSVN) , I did try it once But it was rubbish, problematic as you say.) So, yes I have been using the command line for SVN. Gav...
