On Feb 28, 2011, at 13:55, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 2/28/2011 1:29 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> >> On Feb 28, 2011, at 13:25, Cecil Westerhof wrote: >> >>> I just put my bin folder in subversion. I am a new user, so maybe I do >>> not do things in the right way. So I would like to know if there is a >>> better way to do things. >>> >>> I moved my bin folder to bin.old. >>> I created a bin folder in my repository. >>> I did a checkout of the bin folder. >>> I moved the files from bin.old to bin. >>> I removed bin.old. >>> I did a svn add. >>> I did a svn commit. >>> >>> This are quit a few steps. Is there a better way to do this? >> >> You can do an in-place import: >> >> http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#in-place-import > > Or even easier, just import the top level directory, delete the original, and > check the whole thing back out (or rename the original until you are sure it > worked). The in-place approach is for things where you don't want to > delete/move the originals at all.
Multiple ways the cat can be skinned, but in-place import is for anytime you want to import the contents of an unversioned directory and turn that directory into a working copy, which is what he wanted to do.
