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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Steven Woody <na...@gmail.com> on 2007/03/14 01:46:48 UTC
stick to an old file
hi,
if i found a recent file in the repository get some problem and i want
to use one of its old revision as well as keeping other files as their
latest, so what do i do in svn? the 'svn -rxxx co' command only
supports directory rather than single file. you see, my requirement
is some like the stick option of cvs's update command.
thanks.
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Re: stick to an old file
Posted by Steven Woody <na...@gmail.com>.
On 3/14/07, Kylo Ginsberg <ky...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/13/07, Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 13, 2007, at 20:46, Steven Woody wrote:
> > > if i found a recent file in the repository get some problem and i want
> > > to use one of its old revision as well as keeping other files as their
> > > latest, so what do i do in svn? the 'svn -rxxx co' command only
> > > supports directory rather than single file. you see, my requirement
> > > is some like the stick option of cvs's update command.
> >
> > I don't know CVS or it's stick option. But perhaps you are looking
> > for "svn up -r$REV $FILE"
>
> svn doesn't have the equivalent of non-branch sticky tags in cvs (a
> good thing IMHO). The downside of the "svn up -r" approach for your
> problem is that a subsequent "svn up" will put you back to the current
> unwanted version.
>
> Another possibility is to merge in the old version:
> svn merge -r HEAD:$REV $FILE
>
> Now you can do updates without picking up the unwanted file, *but*
> unlike a cvs sticky tag, you can commit the modified version to the
> repository. This may or may not be what you want.
>
> Kylo
>
thank you Kylo, i think you're right. i am going to read the chapter
four of svn-book grabing some merging knowledge.
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Re: stick to an old file
Posted by Kylo Ginsberg <ky...@gmail.com>.
On 3/13/07, Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> On Mar 13, 2007, at 20:46, Steven Woody wrote:
> > if i found a recent file in the repository get some problem and i want
> > to use one of its old revision as well as keeping other files as their
> > latest, so what do i do in svn? the 'svn -rxxx co' command only
> > supports directory rather than single file. you see, my requirement
> > is some like the stick option of cvs's update command.
>
> I don't know CVS or it's stick option. But perhaps you are looking
> for "svn up -r$REV $FILE"
svn doesn't have the equivalent of non-branch sticky tags in cvs (a
good thing IMHO). The downside of the "svn up -r" approach for your
problem is that a subsequent "svn up" will put you back to the current
unwanted version.
Another possibility is to merge in the old version:
svn merge -r HEAD:$REV $FILE
Now you can do updates without picking up the unwanted file, *but*
unlike a cvs sticky tag, you can commit the modified version to the
repository. This may or may not be what you want.
Kylo
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Re: stick to an old file
Posted by Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>.
On Mar 13, 2007, at 21:13, Steven Woody wrote:
> On 3/14/07, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Mar 13, 2007, at 20:46, Steven Woody wrote:
>>
>> > if i found a recent file in the repository get some problem and
>> i want
>> > to use one of its old revision as well as keeping other files as
>> their
>> > latest, so what do i do in svn? the 'svn -rxxx co' command only
>> > supports directory rather than single file. you see, my
>> requirement
>> > is some like the stick option of cvs's update command.
>>
>> I don't know CVS or it's stick option. But perhaps you are looking
>> for "svn up -r$REV $FILE"
>
> ok, it works but does not fully resolve the problem. after 'up -rxxx',
> i have to put an eye on the file every time when i want to do another
> 'svn up' --- to prevent the old file are not overwriten by lastest
> file in the repository, in other words, it is *not* sticky.
>
> after seaching the web, i'v by far found someone suggested to go
> through 'branching and merging'. any ideal?
Let's keep the discussion on the mailing list please.
Yes, it sounds like you could handle this situation by making a branch.
The other solution could be "svn switch", but that only works on
directories, not individual files.
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Re: stick to an old file
Posted by Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>.
On Mar 13, 2007, at 20:46, Steven Woody wrote:
> if i found a recent file in the repository get some problem and i want
> to use one of its old revision as well as keeping other files as their
> latest, so what do i do in svn? the 'svn -rxxx co' command only
> supports directory rather than single file. you see, my requirement
> is some like the stick option of cvs's update command.
I don't know CVS or it's stick option. But perhaps you are looking
for "svn up -r$REV $FILE"
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