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

[C. Michael Pilato]

No no, I trust your judgment.  I was only reading the commit mail, with the
limited context it provides -- that's why I asked.

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Richard Cavell <richardcavell at mail.com>
wrote:

> Hi, Mike.
>
> I would vote for "no", because this section is meant only to introduce the
> 5 most commonly used commands, not to provide a thorough description of
> them. There is already a footnote on that item.
>
> But if you're sure, I'd be happy to add that.
>
> Richard
>
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 02, 2017 at 3:59 AM
> *From:* "C. Michael Pilato" <cmpilato at gmail.com>
> *To:* richardcavell at users.sourceforge.net
> *Cc:* svnbook-dev at red-bean.com
> *Subject:* Re: [svnbook] r5514 committed - trunk/en/book/ch02-basic-
> usage.xml
> 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?
>
> --
> Sent via mobile. Please excuse brevity.
>
> 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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