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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by kf...@collab.net on 2004/09/09 16:24:03 UTC
Re: Rolling back a delete
pkahn@connected.com writes:
> I was working in my test repository and I just deleted tags and all beneath
> it. I had about 50 or 60 tags there each relating to about 1gb of source.
> I'd like to roll back the change, but the red bean book suggests using
> merge. Alas, merge seems to require a working path. I don't want to
> download all that source.
>
> Is there another means of rolling back a change that doesn't require a
> working directory?
Well, you could do
$ svn cp URL_TO_OLD_TAGS_DIRECTORY URL_TO_NEW_TAGS_DIRECTORY
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Re: Rolling back a delete
Posted by kf...@collab.net.
"C. Michael Pilato" <cm...@collab.net> writes:
> > Well, you could do
> >
> > $ svn cp URL_TO_OLD_TAGS_DIRECTORY URL_TO_NEW_TAGS_DIRECTORY
>
> Actually, I think he wants:
>
> $ svn cp -r REV_JUST_BEFORE_THE_REMOVAL \
> -m "Restore deleted tags directory" \
> TAGS_URL TAGS_URL
Yup -- that's what I meant.
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Re: Rolling back a delete
Posted by "C. Michael Pilato" <cm...@collab.net>.
kfogel@collab.net writes:
> pkahn@connected.com writes:
> > I was working in my test repository and I just deleted tags and all beneath
> > it. I had about 50 or 60 tags there each relating to about 1gb of source.
> > I'd like to roll back the change, but the red bean book suggests using
> > merge. Alas, merge seems to require a working path. I don't want to
> > download all that source.
> >
> > Is there another means of rolling back a change that doesn't require a
> > working directory?
>
> Well, you could do
>
> $ svn cp URL_TO_OLD_TAGS_DIRECTORY URL_TO_NEW_TAGS_DIRECTORY
Actually, I think he wants:
$ svn cp -r REV_JUST_BEFORE_THE_REMOVAL \
-m "Restore deleted tags directory" \
TAGS_URL TAGS_URL
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