SmartSVN includes a set of common features and UI elements that are shared by various commands.
In directory mode, most commands can work in recursive or non-recursive. By default, SmartSVN offers a basic option Recurse into subdirectories (or a similar name) which let's you either only operate on the directory itself or on all contained files and subdirectories, recursively.
Alternatively, you can switch to advanced recursion options in the Preferences. In this mode SmartSVN offers the Subversion depth levels:
Hence, having Recurse into subdirectories selected is equivalent to depth Infinity while having Recurse into subdirectories deselected is equivalent to depth empty.
Most input fields, for which you can enter a revision number, support a browse function, which can be accessed by the Select or by hitting <Ctrl>+<Space>-keystroke.
A dialog displaying all revisions for the selected file/directory will come up. It shows all revisions, for which the directory has actually been affected and additionally all revisions which correspond to a specific tag, see Tags and Branches for further details. The Revision column shows the revision number or the corresponding tag. The other columns display the revision's Time, Commit Message and Author, respectively. The Path column shows the revisions's root location.
The displayed revisions are taken from the Log Cache (Log Cache), so recent revisions might not be contained in the list. In this case you can use Refresh to update the Log Cache (and implicitly the displayed revisions) from the repository.
Browse Revisions at specifies the peg revision for the location to browse. In general HEAD should be sufficient for alive locations. Otherwise, you may select the corresponding Peg Revision.
From the Options button you can deselect Stop on copy to list revisions for the selected location even beyond copy-points.
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When merging revisions from replaced (and hence dead) branches, it will be necessary to enter the correct Peg Revision to identify the branch. |
Most input fields, for which you can enter a repository path, support a browse function, which can be accessed by the Browse or by hitting <Ctrl>+<Space>-keystroke.
The Repository Browser (Repository Browser) will come up as a dialog. Depending on the command from which the browser has been invoked, you can either select a repository file and/or a repository directory.
For certain commands -- where necessary -- peg-revisions are supported. Peg-revisions specify the URL of a repository path. This can be helpful when working with paths which do not exist anymore in the repository. In SmartSVN, you can append a peg-revision to a path by prefixing it with a '@'.
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To specify a path '/project/path' at revision 91, enter /project/path@91. |
Input fields, for which you can enter a tag, like when using Switch (Switch), support a browse function, which can be accessed by the Browse button or by hitting <Ctrl>+<Space>-keystroke.
The Tag Browser (Tag Browser) will come up to let you select a branch or tag.
For certain commands -- where necessary -- peg-revisions are supported. For details refer to Repository path input fields.
Example |
To specify a tag 'my-tag' at revision 91, enter my-tag@91. |
Input fields, for which you can enter a path to a file or directory, support a browse function, which can be accessed by selecting the Choose button or by hitting <Ctrl>+<Space>-keystroke.