[svnbook] r4062 committed - Fix issue #89 ("ch09: svn options: --strict, --targets & switch")....

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Revision: 4062
Author:   cmpilato at gmail.com
Date:     Tue Sep  6 11:23:20 2011
Log:      Fix issue #89 ("ch09: svn options: --strict, --targets & switch").

* en/book/ch09-reference.xml
   Tweaks to the reference chapter descriptions of --targets, --strict,
   and 'svn switch'.

Reported by: chris0 at lavabit.com
http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=4062

Modified:
  /trunk/en/book/ch09-reference.xml

=======================================
--- /trunk/en/book/ch09-reference.xml	Fri Sep  2 12:43:35 2011
+++ /trunk/en/book/ch09-reference.xml	Tue Sep  6 11:23:20 2011
@@ -744,10 +744,13 @@
            <term><option>--targets</option>
              <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></term>
            <listitem>
-            <para>Tells Subversion to get the list of files that you
-              wish to operate on from the filename that you provide
-              instead of listing all the files on the command line.
-            </para>
+            <para>Tells Subversion to read additional target paths for
+              the operation from <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable>.
+              <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable> should contain one
+              path per line, with each path expected to use the same
+              encoding and formatting that it would if you had
+              specified it directly as an argument on the command
+              line.</para>
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>

@@ -4263,6 +4266,17 @@
  </screen>
            </informalexample>

+          <para>By default, <command>svn propget</command> will append
+            a trailing end-of-line sequence to the property value it
+            prints.  Most of the time, this is a desirable feature
+            that has a positive effect on the printed output.  But
+            there are times when you might wish to capture the precise
+            property value, perhaps because that value is not textual
+            in nature, but of some binary format (such as a JPEG
+            thumbnail stored as a property value, for example).  To
+            disable pretty-printing of property values, use
+            the <option>--strict</option> option.</para>
+
            <para>Lastly, you can get <command>svn propget</command>
              output in XML format with the <option>--xml</option>
              option:</para>
@@ -5586,11 +5600,11 @@
            <para>The first variant of this subcommand (without the
              <option>--relocate</option> option) updates your working
              copy to point to a new URL.  This is the Subversion way to
-            move a working copy to a new branch.  If specified,
-            <replaceable>PEGREV</replaceable> determines in which
-            revision the target is first looked up.  See <xref
-            linkend="svn.branchmerge.switchwc"/> for an in-depth look
-            at switching.</para>
+            make a working copy begin tracking a new branch.  If
+            specified, <replaceable>PEGREV</replaceable> determines in
+            which revision the target is first looked up.  See
+            <xref linkend="svn.branchmerge.switchwc"/> for an in-depth
+            look at switching.</para>

            <note>
              <para>Beginning with Subversion 1.7, the <command>svn




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