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authormichael <michael@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2006-08-09 11:03:11 +0000
committermichael <michael@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2006-08-09 11:03:11 +0000
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update the moving & copying rules as disscussed on mplayer-dev + some (but not all as iam lazy) fixes by the wanderer
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@19363 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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@@ -127,13 +127,20 @@ I. BASICS:
include filenames in log messages, Subversion provides that information.
-8. Renaming/moving files or contents of files:
+8. Renaming/moving/copying files or contents of files:
- svn move <source> <destination>
+ svn move <source> <destination> / svn copy <source> <destination>
svn commit <source> <destination>
- Do not move or rename files before discussing it on the mplayer-dev-eng
- mailing list first!
+ Do not move, rename or copy files maintained by others than yourself without
+ discussing it on the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list first!
+
+ Always try to preserve the history and minimize the size of svn diff, don't
+ copy or move a file by svn delete and svn add, always use svn move or
+ svn copy instead
+
+ To split a file in 2 use svn copy and remove the lines which are not needed
+ from each file
Don't do a lot of cut'n'paste from one file to another without a very good
reason and discuss it on the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list first. It will make