Re: svn rm

Hi Ben,

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> On Oct 12, 2004, at 5:37 PM, Ramoj Paruchuri wrote:
>> $svn rm <file>
>>
>> Problem: if the file is not on the database it removes the local copy
>> too. Is there anyway to get back that file?
> 
> What are you talking about?  'svn' will never destroy unversioned files.

I was guessing that perhaps svn add followed by svn rm (without a ci) 
would cause the problem, but I just tested.

$ touch test
$ svn add test
A         test

$ svn rm test
svn: Use --force to override this restriction
svn: 'test' has local modifications

$ svn revert test
Reverted 'test'

$ ls
test
$

However, if I svn rm --force test at step 2, not only does test get 
removed from versioning, it also gets removed from my sandbox. In this 
particular case (where there has never been a copy of the file 
committed), perhaps svn rm (even with --force) should not delete the 
local copy. That said, you should use svn revert to roll-back an add 
(this is a difference with cvs, where to roll back a cvs add, you did a 
cvs rm).

Cheers,
Dave.

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