ROTFL! Ok, great, I'll play around with those instructions and see if
I can manage to avoid breaking things.  Thanks!

On Mar 12, 7:56 am, Andy C <[email protected]> wrote:
> I really hate to be another of those nauseating people that says "'I
> have a draft called 'How to make millions, discover eternal peace and
> live happily ever after' sitting in my Drafts folder but I haven't had
> time to publish it due to Granny's illness and the dog eating my
> homework" but I actually do have a 'Idiot's Guide to SVN' sitting in
> my Drafts folder but haven't have the time to polish it off and
> publish it due to Granny's illness and the dog eating my homework.
>
> But basically, from memory, you create the necessary directory
> structure (branches, tags, trunk) under the new plugin/theme
>
> $ svn add whizzy                                                  #
> Add the directory (recurses down the tree) to SVN
>
> $ svn commit -m "Directory structure for whizzy plugin'              #
> Commit the changes
>
> Then, you add the actual files and
>
> $ svn
> diff                                                              #
> Check the diffs are vaguely what you expect
>
> $ svn commit -m 'Initial commit of whizzy plugin'   # Done. Put kettle
> on.
>
> You can also combine the steps into a single commit of everything.
>
> On Mar 12, 12:26 pm, DazzlinDonna <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > While that primer is nice, it only deals with one half of the
> > process.  Pulling data down.  It doesn't deal with pushing data up,
> > which was the part that caused me to nearly faint with fear of
> > destroying stuff. :)
>
> > On Mar 11, 12:41 pm, Andy C <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Donna
>
> > > This SVN primer may be helpful 
> > > -http://paulstamatiou.com/2008/02/07/how-to-subversion-basics
> > > --
> > > Andy
>
> > > On Mar 11, 4:54 pm, DazzlinDonna <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Good to know. Hm, if anyone decides to walk me through the process,
> > > > I'd be happy to document it to make things easier for others in the
> > > > future.
>
> > > > On Mar 11, 11:49 am, Sean T Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > DazzlinDonna wrote:
> > > > > > Ok, so, I was granted commit access to -extras...but then I 
> > > > > > chickened
> > > > > > out late last night.  I wasn't 100% sure of what I was doing with 
> > > > > > svn,
> > > > > > and despite reading very carefully to learn it, I thought it best 
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > to play with fire. So rather than potentially destroying -extras, I
> > > > > > decided not to upload the theme.
>
> > > > > > Also, I'm not 100% positive that the theme is ASL, although I don't
> > > > > > see any actual licensing info.  Still, thought it best to hesitate.
>
> > > > > > So we still stand with it not uploaded because I went *bawk* *bawk*!
> > > > > > and chickened out.  Sorry. :(
>
> > > > > Your trepidation is understandable. However there are people (not me!)
> > > > > who can probably help walk you through it on your first try, and the
> > > > > nice thing about SVN is that you can't "destroy" anything. Worst case 
> > > > > is
> > > > > that we have to revert your changes and let you try again. And that's 
> > > > > a
> > > > > relatively easy operation. So best of luck when you do feel ready.
> > > > > --
> > > > > Sean
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