Re: Overwrite a file with "svn update"?

["Giovanni Bajo" <giovannibajo at libero dot it>]

Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:

> Perhaps, I missed the required options, but I'll
> ask an obvious question anyway.  Often when testing
> a patch, one will often place a new testcase in
> gcc/testsuite/*.  This new file is not under control
> of svn.  After review, the patch is committed to the
> tree.  Now, I want to update my local repository.
> I issue "svn update" and the result is
>
> svn: Failed to add file 'gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/fgetc_1.f90': \
> object of the same name already exists
>
> which is indeed correct.  So, is there an option to tell
> svn to blow away files that conflict with files in the
> repository.


Why don't you just "svn add" the file? So you won't miss it in the commit, in
the diffs, in the stats, and whatnot. "svn add" is a totally local operation
and does not require write access to the remote repository. You can even do
that on a tree checked out with svn:// and later switch the tree to svn+ssh://
to commit it.

Giovanni Bajo