Thanks! I'll see if I can get it to work. I'm always afraid to let it
overwrite my local files.

Harold

> Hi Harold,
>
>
> Yes, SVN can be a pain if you get out of sync with the repository, but
> it's doing its job.
>
>
> If its more than one guy, he modified his local (stale file) and tried to
> check it in.
>
>
> If its you, you did not pull down the latest before you changed it, and
> tried to check it in.
>
>
> If you always pull, change, push, you will never have any problems.
>
>
> Some PCB CAD and IDE's write other stuff in the design directories than
> the design file, and you are not seeing those changes, and getting out of
> sync.
>
>
> Zip the whole tree, on checkin,  unzip and replace the whole tree on
> checkout.
>
>
> If I follow these rules, I never get out of sync.
>
>
> Randy
>
>
>
>
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>
>>
>> Wow do I disagree with that. =C2 Subversion gets really, really doggy fo=
r
>> larger project while git just keeps on moving along. =C2 Also, git seems=
 a
>> lot "smoother" than the old guard RCS/CVS/SVN/etc. etc. etc. =C2 The mod=
el
>> is a tad different and takes some getting used to, but once you do, git
>> is far easier to live with.
>
> We have Tortoise SVN (a Windows front end to SVN), and I'm always fightin=
g
> with it. It refuses commits due to some invalid date code in some unknown
> location. I've got a mix of green and red checkmarks in my directory tree
> and don't trust it to really keep track of my changes.
>
> Harold
>
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