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  1. Subversion
  2. SVN-1295

Ability to edit the list of files being commited

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    • New Feature
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Invalid
    • all
    • unscheduled
    • libsvn_client
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    Description

      Perforce has this extremely useful feature where, when you do a
      commit, you can modify the
      list of files to actually commit inside the editor where you enter the
      commit message. I.e. when
      you do a 'svn commit', it pops you into the editor where you can enter
      the commit message;
      it also lists all the files/changes that will be commited; now, it
      would nice to be able to edit that
      list and thereby affect which files are actually commited (instead of
      the list just there for
      informational purposes). The reason this is quite useful is when many
      files changed and you
      want to commit most but not all of them - with this feature you can do
      'svn commit *' (or
      whatever), and then remove those few files from the list that you
      don't want commited after
      all.
      

      Original issue reported by roadrunner

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          This was discussed earlier on the dev mailing list.   The decision was 
          that "svn st > foo;  $EDITOR foo; svn commit --targets foo" was just as 
          good, and less likely to cause problems for CVS users.
          
          I'm marking the issue invalid; if for some reason the command sequence 
          above doesn't meet your requirements, please re-open it.
          
          

          Original comment by mbk

          subversion-importer Subversion Importer added a comment - This was discussed earlier on the dev mailing list. The decision was that "svn st > foo; $EDITOR foo; svn commit --targets foo" was just as good, and less likely to cause problems for CVS users. I'm marking the issue invalid; if for some reason the command sequence above doesn't meet your requirements, please re-open it. Original comment by mbk
          kfogel Karl Fogel added a comment -

          The thread is here, btw:
          
            
          http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=44999
          

          kfogel Karl Fogel added a comment - The thread is here, btw: http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=44999

          FWIW, there is a patch by Mark Grosberg available at
          http://www.contactor.se/~dast/svn/archive-2003-05/0709.shtml
          

          Original comment by sander

          subversion-importer Subversion Importer added a comment - FWIW, there is a patch by Mark Grosberg available at http://www.contactor.se/~dast/svn/archive-2003-05/0709.shtml Original comment by sander
          brane Branko Čibej added a comment -

          Closing issues marked as "invalid"
          

          brane Branko Čibej added a comment - Closing issues marked as "invalid"
          brane Branko Čibej added a comment -

          Closing issues marked as "invalid"
          

          brane Branko Čibej added a comment - Closing issues marked as "invalid"

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