Managing the work copy

[Dorian Guzmán <do...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Is it possible to remove a directory from the working copy, but not from the
repository?
For example, suppose the repository and my working copy have the A and B
directories, but I don't want to get more updates from directory B in my
working copy.
I'm trying to avoid the creation a new working copy, if possible.

Best regards,

Dorian Guzmán

Re: Managing the work copy

[Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>]

On Oct 12, 2006, at 09:42, Dorian Guzmán wrote:

> Is it possible to remove a directory from the working copy, but not  
> from the repository?
> For example, suppose the repository and my working copy have the A  
> and B directories, but I don't want to get more updates from  
> directory B in my working copy.
> I'm trying to avoid the creation a new working copy, if possible.

You can switch the B directory in your working copy to an empty  
directory in the repository. This technique is described here:

...

Um... I can't find where it's described. But you just create an empty  
directory in your repository (if $REPO is the URL to your repository,  
then "svn mkdir $REPO/empty") and then in your working copy you can  
"svn switch $REPO/empty B" to make B point to that empty directory.  
Everything in the B directory of the working copy is erased and "svn  
update" won't repopulate it, and B stays in the repository so you can  
always "svn switch" back to it later if you want.



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Re: Managing the work copy

[Erik Huelsmann <eh...@gmail.com>]

On 10/16/06, Gavin Lambert <ga...@compacsort.com> wrote:
> Quoth Dorian Guzmán <ma...@gmail.com>:
> > Is it possible to remove a directory from the working copy, but not
> > from the repository?
> > For example, suppose the repository and my working copy have the A
> > and B directories, but I don't want to get more updates from
> > directory B in my working copy. I'm trying to avoid the creation a
> > new working copy, if possible.
>
> Kind of.  Create an empty folder in your repository somewhere (typically
> outside the trunk, and make sure it's kept empty).  Then switch the
> folders in your working copy that you don't care about over to that
> folder.  The folder will still exist, but it'll no longer contain any
> files, and it'll stay that way even across updates.

A more 'official' way to do this (the above being the official
workaround) is being worked on under the code name
'incomplete-directories' aka sparse working copies.

We hope it's one of the great new features of 1.5, but .. Well, it's
done when it's done.

bye,

Erik.

RE: Managing the work copy

[Gavin Lambert <ga...@compacsort.com>]

Quoth Dorian Guzmán <ma...@gmail.com>:
> Is it possible to remove a directory from the working copy, but not
> from the repository? 
> For example, suppose the repository and my working copy have the A
> and B directories, but I don't want to get more updates from
> directory B in my working copy. I'm trying to avoid the creation a
> new working copy, if possible.  

Kind of.  Create an empty folder in your repository somewhere (typically
outside the trunk, and make sure it's kept empty).  Then switch the
folders in your working copy that you don't care about over to that
folder.  The folder will still exist, but it'll no longer contain any
files, and it'll stay that way even across updates.

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