[Mediawiki-l] Question about SVN

[Jim R. Wilson]

The update command does not offer a dry run flag as such, but the
merge command can be used as a substitute.  This article talks about
how to do it, though I have not tried it personally.

http://translocator.ws/2005/10/12/svn-update-dry-run

Good luck!

-- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw)

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:44 PM, The Gadget Doctor
<mediawiki at thegadgetdoctor.com> wrote:
> I know that this list is Mediawiki but I feel at home here and I'm sure
> someone knows the answer to this.
>
> I'm using SVN now to manage Mediawiki and, once one gets over the learning
> curve, its tremendous.
>
> I know that I can update to the latest version with the (scarily brief and
> powerful "svn up") but I'm looking for something that will tell me exactly
> what files will change before I issue that command. I would also like to be
> able to see what would happen if I gave the command "svn sw" and switched to
> another branch.
>
> I've looked at "svn st" and "svn info" but can't seem to find something that
> basically runs "svn up" without actually updating anything!
>
> Anyone or should I go and get friendly on the SVN boards?
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