[PLUG] A Subversion Question

[Tim Wescott]

Scott Garman wrote:
> Tim Wescott wrote:
>   
>> I'm a new Subversion user, so be gentle.
>>
>> OK.  In Subversion you can check out a bunch of files, which creates a 
>> working copy.
>>
>> But I know you can also grab that same group of files without Subversion 
>> setting up the working copy, which is handy when you're releasing code 
>> from a tag and don't intend to ever, ever change it.  I've done it.  
>> I've found how to do it in the documentation.  It's probably dead 
>> simple.  But I can't find it!  Augh!
>>
>> Any clues for the clueless?  I know I can just do a check out and 
>> manually delete Subversion's tracking files, but I'd really rather 
>> remember how to do it 'right'.
>>     
>
> This is called doing an export of the code. So instead of doing an svn 
> co you do an svn export.
>
> Scott
>
>   
Ah!  Now that's stunningly obvious!

(gee I feel stupid).

Thanks.  I have no trouble with the hard parts -- it's the easy parts 
that trip me up.

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