# HG changeset patch
# User michael
# Date 1155121391 0
# Node ID 59af53f4f436f64f0183159cf2eeeb8215bd5f62
# Parent  595ac8077dc586cf511411c859b88d438e41195c
update the moving & copying rules as disscussed on mplayer-dev + some (but not all as iam lazy) fixes by the wanderer

diff -r 595ac8077dc5 -r 59af53f4f436 DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt
--- a/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt	Tue Aug 08 14:56:12 2006 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt	Wed Aug 09 11:03:11 2006 +0000
@@ -127,13 +127,20 @@
   include filenames in log messages, Subversion provides that information.
 
 
-8. Renaming/moving files or contents of files:
+8. Renaming/moving/copying files or contents of files:
 
-  svn move <source> <destination>
+  svn move <source> <destination>    / svn copy <source> <destination>
   svn commit <source> <destination>
 
-  Do not move or rename files before discussing it on the mplayer-dev-eng
-  mailing list first!
+  Do not move, rename or copy files maintained by others than yourself without
+  discussing it on the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list first!
+
+  Always try to preserve the history and minimize the size of svn diff, don't
+  copy or move a file by svn delete and svn add, always use svn move or 
+  svn copy instead
+
+  To split a file in 2 use svn copy and remove the lines which are not needed
+  from each file
 
   Don't do a lot of cut'n'paste from one file to another without a very good
   reason and discuss it on the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list first. It will make