[Python-Dev] I would like an svn account

[Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis]

2009-01-03 18:10:27 Martin v. Löwis napisał(a):
> > 1. I think that a patch can not e.g. capture a moved, renamed or deleted file. 
> 
> Correct. However, this rarely happened. Contributors are not supposed
> rename files, and they can indicate deletions and additions in plain
> English (I typically request a tarfile for additions).
> 
> > Further, it can not handle e.g. things like the executable bit or similar 
> > things that SVN otherwise does manage. That is what makes a patch only 
> > partially suitable.
> 
> Probably correct; this isn't a problem in practice, either. In fact, it
> is better if properties come from the subversion installation of the
> committer, rather than from the contributor, as the committer is
> supposed to have his autoprops set correctly.
> 
> I do think that "svn diff" will record property changes, and that may
> include svn:executable. I don't know which patch tool would interpret
> them, though.

Subversion 1.7 will probably contain 'svn patch' subcommand, which will be able
to apply patches which change properties, or copy/add/delete files/directories...

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Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
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