2009-01-03 18:10:27 Martin v. Löwis napisał(a): > > 1. I think that a patch can not e.g. capture a moved, renamed or deleted > > file. > > Correct. However, this rarely happened. Contributors are not supposed > rename files, and they can indicate deletions and additions in plain > English (I typically request a tarfile for additions). > > > Further, it can not handle e.g. things like the executable bit or similar > > things that SVN otherwise does manage. That is what makes a patch only > > partially suitable. > > Probably correct; this isn't a problem in practice, either. In fact, it > is better if properties come from the subversion installation of the > committer, rather than from the contributor, as the committer is > supposed to have his autoprops set correctly. > > I do think that "svn diff" will record property changes, and that may > include svn:executable. I don't know which patch tool would interpret > them, though.
Subversion 1.7 will probably contain 'svn patch' subcommand, which will be able to apply patches which change properties, or copy/add/delete files/directories... -- Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
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