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- 3What makes you think Subversion distinguishes between editing a file, or deleting it and replacing it? AFAIK it doesn't, and no one would want it to do that.kevin cline– kevin cline2012-05-11 01:31:33 +00:00Commented May 11, 2012 at 1:31
- @kevincline I remember before, if I deleted a file and then copied one over with the same name, svn would complain about duplicates (can't recall the exact error)puk– puk2012-05-11 01:44:13 +00:00Commented May 11, 2012 at 1:44
- 1there is a created-on timestamp for each file on most filesystems I'd gather subversion uses that to compare...ratchet freak– ratchet freak2012-05-11 01:56:21 +00:00Commented May 11, 2012 at 1:56
- @ratchetfreak I don't think that exists on linux, and even if it does, it doesn't help with something like vim which deletes the original file anyways stackoverflow.com/questions/10542366/…puk– puk2012-05-11 02:06:46 +00:00Commented May 11, 2012 at 2:06
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