[svnbook] r5514 committed - trunk/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml

[C. Michael Pilato]

I can't see the context right now, but is it worth noting here that in the
directory case, the directory won't be removed if there are unversioned
items within it?

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On Dec 1, 2017 6:57 PM, <richardcavell at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Revision: 5514
>           http://sourceforge.net/p/svnbook/source/5514
> Author:   richardcavell
> Date:     2017-12-01 23:30:58 +0000 (Fri, 01 Dec 2017)
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Modify chapter 2's description of svn delete FOO
>
> In fact, svn delete *does* immediately remove directories, as well as files
> and symlinks. This is true on svn 1.8 and 1.9. The behaviour described by
> the
> previous version of the book applied to previous versions of svn.
>
> Discussed on #svn on Freenode on 1 December 2017.
>
> Modified Paths:
> --------------
>     trunk/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml
>
> Modified: trunk/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- trunk/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml  2017-12-01 14:32:37 UTC (rev 5513)
> +++ trunk/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml  2017-12-01 23:30:58 UTC (rev 5514)
> @@ -703,19 +703,14 @@
>              </indexterm>
>              <para>Use this to schedule the file, directory, or
>                symbolic link <filename>FOO</filename> to be deleted
> -              from the repository.  If <filename>FOO</filename> is a
> -              file or link, it is immediately deleted from your
> -              working copy.  If <filename>FOO</filename> is a
> -              directory, it is not deleted, but Subversion schedules
> -              it for deletion.  When you commit your
> -              changes, <filename>FOO</filename> will be entirely
> -              removed from your working copy and the
> -              repository.<footnote><para>Of course, nothing is ever
> -              totally deleted from the repository—just from
> -              its <literal>HEAD</literal> revision.  You may continue
> -              to access the deleted item in previous revisions.
> -              Should you desire to resurrect the item so that it is
> -              again present in <literal>HEAD</literal>, see
> +              from the repository.  <filename>FOO</filename> is
> +              immediately deleted from your working copy.
> +              (Of course, nothing is ever totally deleted from the
> +              repository—just from its <literal>HEAD</literal>
> revision.
> +              You may continue to access the deleted item in previous
> +              revisions).
> +              <footnote><para>Should you desire to resurrect the item
> +              so that it is again present in <literal>HEAD</literal>, see
>                <xref linkend="svn.branchmerge.basicmerging.resurrect"
>                />.</para></footnote></para>
>            </listitem>
>
>
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