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@@ -129,18 +129,17 @@ I. BASICS:
8. Renaming/moving/copying files or contents of files:
- svn move <source> <destination>
- svn copy <source> <destination>
+ svn move/copy <source> <destination>
svn commit <source> <destination>
- Do not move, rename or copy files not maintained by you without discussing
- it on the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list first!
+ Do not move, rename or copy files of which you are not the maintainer without
+ discussing it on the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list first!
- In order to preserve history and minimize the size of diffs, do not copy or
- move a file by using 'svn delete' and 'svn add'. Always use 'svn move' or
- 'svn copy' instead.
+ Never copy or move a file by using 'svn delete' and 'svn add'. Always use
+ 'svn move' or 'svn copy' instead in order to preserve history and minimize
+ the size of diffs.
- To split a file use 'svn copy' and remove the unneeded lines from each file.
+ To split a file, use 'svn copy' and remove the unneeded lines 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