Checkout exclude pattern

2010-09-09 Thread Ds Jstc
I use subversion to remotely participate in a project with gigs of frequently-changing files that never affect me, mostly images and localizations. Subversion would be perfect for me if only svn checkout had a sticky --exclude option analagous to the current working of sparse directories. N

feature request: handle archives as like directory trees

2010-09-08 Thread Ds Jstc
Initially I just wanted keyword substitution inside a .xltm file. But really, Office 2007 documents are just zip files, and that got me thinking that the problem is more general. Many of the best features of subversion only operate on text. Unfortunately, there are tons of compound document

Re: Mailing lists? Really?

2010-07-28 Thread Ds Jstc
Certainly not. Nor do you have to subscribe to post. As a non-subscriber your post will be moderated but if you are patient it will be approved through fairly quickly (says I as one of the moderators). And indeed, I started this thread without subscribing. But I still can't find a way to

Mailing lists? Really?

2010-07-28 Thread Ds Jstc
I've been using subversion in a lighthearted way for a couple of years, recommending it to clients, sending a little money to Tigris now and then. It works very well for most of what I need it for. But I have one big problem that I can't resolve. It's this: the mailing list paradigm drives m