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Posted to dev@subversion.apache.org by David Weintraub <DW...@solbright.com> on 2008/08/15 18:17:45 UTC
RE: [PATCH] Correct FAQ: Subversion 1.5 can checkout singlefileusing sparse checkouts
> Eh, did you try it? 'svn export' is _not_ just for directories. The
> FAQ once suggested 'svn cat'; we now say 'svn export' for two reasons:
I changed it because of this post:
http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2008-08/0482.shtml.
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From: Peter Samuelson [mailto:peter@p12n.org]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 2:01 PM
To: David Weintraub
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Correct FAQ: Subversion 1.5 can checkout
singlefileusing sparse checkouts
[David Weintraub]
> I've corrected the patch. I've saved it as a type "txt" in hopes that
> Microsoft Outlook will claim it is a text/plain MIME attachment.
Much better, thanks!
> [[[
> Fix FAQ to demonstrate way to checkout a single file in Subversion
> Revision 1.5. Old FAQ simply stated this was not possible. Also
changed
> pre-1.5 instructions to use "svn cat" command instead of "svn
export".
> "svn cat" is for single file while "svn export" is for whole
directories.
Eh, did you try it? 'svn export' is _not_ just for directories. The
FAQ once suggested 'svn cat'; we now say 'svn export' for two reasons:
1. 'svn export' doesn't force you to use a shell redirection, or indeed
to type the filename twice at all.
2. 'svn export' honors properties such as 'svn:executable' (the file
should be executable) and 'svn:special' (the file is a symlink).
Other than that, looks good.
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Re: [PATCH] Correct FAQ: Subversion 1.5 can checkout
singlefileusing sparse checkouts
Posted by Peter Samuelson <pe...@p12n.org>.
[David Weintraub]
> I changed it because of this post:
> http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2008-08/0482.shtml.
...where someone wanted to export multiple files at once. But note
that 'svn cat' will not work any better in that situation. In both
cases you have to export files individually, or by exporting a whole
directory. 'svn export' is still better.
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