how about marking the files in the folder structure which have newer versions?
the same way as with local changes, just the other way around? so you would have a visual clue that which files will change on an update On May 11, 11:22 pm, Quinn Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > This certainly would be a nice feature. Unfortunately, I don't believe > that even Subversion itself actually provides this behavior > completely. When you run `svn status` in Terminal, the 8th column (if > you specify -u or --show-updates) shows whether "a newer revision > exists on the server", but nothing about whether the newer version > will conflict with the local version. I've had plenty of times when I > updated my working copy only to realize that the update caused a slew > of conflicts that I now have to sort through. > > As annoying as the problem is, I'm not sure exactly how the feature > would help. Even if you know an update will cause a conflict, you > still can't commit until you update and resolve the conflict one way > or another. Remember that, even when a conflict occurs and Subversion > creates the 3 extra files to help sort out the conflict, your latest > local version is saved in the *.mine file. You can always update back > to the previous base version if desired, and just wait to update that > file until later. > > Wish there was an easier solution, but I think it's just the nature of > the beast... > > - Quinn > > On May 11, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Marijn wrote: > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > I guess we all have this once in a while. Accidentally hitting update > > to fetch some updates from the remote server but forgetting that there > > are conflicts. This can really be annoying if you are in the process > > of finishing something. I would really like it if Versions somehow > > warned me if there is the possibility of conflicts between the remote > > and client copy. > > > Thanks, > > > Marijn > > > > smime.p7s > 3KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
