On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 15:48 +0100, anton wrote: > Hi, > > I searched google, I search the subversion doc > (here I searched "obstruct" and found only a python sample). > > So my question (subversion.apache.org is just down, so I couldnt > look at the faq): > > I have 2 files which are version controled: > > a.txt > b.txt > > The result I want to get is: > > a.txt -> b.txt > b.txt > > One possibility is: > > svn rm a.txt > svn ci -m " removed a" > ln -s b.txt a.txt > svn add a.txt > svn ci -m "added a as symlink" > > I also tried: > > svn rm a.txt > ln -s b.txt a.txt > svn ci -m "replaced with as symlink" > > But this does not work, I get an error "obstructed ..." > svn stat tells me the file has a status "~" > > Stragely I got with rapidsvn a file status "R", but at the commandline > I didnt figure out how to get this. > > Question: > > what is the "should-be" way of doing such a replacement???? > > ... it would be nice to put this in the official doc, > so a lot of developers could save time posting in a lot of forums .... > > Im a little bit frustrated,sorry. > > But anyway, wish you a happy new year :-) > > Anton
I've been bumping into this same situation recently and would also like to hear how best to handle it. Nick
