Re: Prefer -u not to change newer files.

2008-01-28 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 28.01.2008 02:13, Donald Axel wrote: > On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:00:10 +0100 > Matthias Schniedermeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 27.01.2008 18:45, Donald Axel wrote: > > > Our network is not very open, so therefore I hesitated establishing an > > > SVN solution, which should be visible f

Re: Prefer -u not to change newer files.

2008-01-27 Thread Donald Axel
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:00:10 +0100 Matthias Schniedermeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 27.01.2008 18:45, Donald Axel wrote: > > Our network is not very open, so therefore I hesitated establishing an > > SVN solution, which should be visible from anywhere. Maybe I could use > > my workstation (

Re: Prefer -u not to change newer files.

2008-01-27 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 27.01.2008 18:45, Donald Axel wrote: > Our network is not very open, so therefore I hesitated establishing an > SVN solution, which should be visible from anywhere. Maybe I could use > my workstation (Linux) and just sync it to a server which is backed up. The short answer to this is: bullshit.

Re: Prefer -u not to change newer files.

2008-01-27 Thread Donald Axel
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:33:13 -0500 Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 12:20 +0100, Donald Axel wrote: > > > OK...could you give us a concrete example in which it is helpful to have > > > the straight "only if newer" behavior instead of the current one? [... cut...]

Re: Prefer -u not to change newer files.

2008-01-27 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 12:20 +0100, Donald Axel wrote: > > OK...could you give us a concrete example in which it is helpful to have > > the straight "only if newer" behavior instead of the current one? > > > Yes, I can: If this answer is too long, please excuse me - I am > relaxing when I write:-)

Re: Prefer -u not to change newer files.

2008-01-27 Thread Donald Axel
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:58:19 -0500 Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 02:22 +0100, Donald Axel wrote: > > Quoting man page: > > > > In the currently implementation, a difference of file > > format is > > always considered to be imp

Re: Prefer -u not to change newer files.

2008-01-27 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 02:22 +0100, Donald Axel wrote: > Quoting man page: > > In the currently implementation, a difference of file format > is > always considered to be important enough for an update, no > matter > what date is on the objects. In

Prefer -u not to change newer files.

2008-01-26 Thread Donald Axel
Hi List, Quoting man page: In the currently implementation, a difference of file format is always considered to be important enough for an update, no matter what date is on the objects. In other words, if the source has a directo