[svnbook] r4062 committed - Fix issue #89 ("ch09: svn options: --strict, --targets & switch")....
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Revision: 4062
Author: cmpilato at gmail.com
Date: Tue Sep 6 11:23:20 2011
Log: Fix issue #89 ("ch09: svn options: --strict, --targets & switch").
* en/book/ch09-reference.xml
Tweaks to the reference chapter descriptions of --targets, --strict,
and 'svn switch'.
Reported by: chris0 at lavabit.com
http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=4062
Modified:
/trunk/en/book/ch09-reference.xml
=======================================
--- /trunk/en/book/ch09-reference.xml Fri Sep 2 12:43:35 2011
+++ /trunk/en/book/ch09-reference.xml Tue Sep 6 11:23:20 2011
@@ -744,10 +744,13 @@
<term><option>--targets</option>
<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Tells Subversion to get the list of files that you
- wish to operate on from the filename that you provide
- instead of listing all the files on the command line.
- </para>
+ <para>Tells Subversion to read additional target paths for
+ the operation from <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable>.
+ <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable> should contain one
+ path per line, with each path expected to use the same
+ encoding and formatting that it would if you had
+ specified it directly as an argument on the command
+ line.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -4263,6 +4266,17 @@
</screen>
</informalexample>
+ <para>By default, <command>svn propget</command> will append
+ a trailing end-of-line sequence to the property value it
+ prints. Most of the time, this is a desirable feature
+ that has a positive effect on the printed output. But
+ there are times when you might wish to capture the precise
+ property value, perhaps because that value is not textual
+ in nature, but of some binary format (such as a JPEG
+ thumbnail stored as a property value, for example). To
+ disable pretty-printing of property values, use
+ the <option>--strict</option> option.</para>
+
<para>Lastly, you can get <command>svn propget</command>
output in XML format with the <option>--xml</option>
option:</para>
@@ -5586,11 +5600,11 @@
<para>The first variant of this subcommand (without the
<option>--relocate</option> option) updates your working
copy to point to a new URL. This is the Subversion way to
- move a working copy to a new branch. If specified,
- <replaceable>PEGREV</replaceable> determines in which
- revision the target is first looked up. See <xref
- linkend="svn.branchmerge.switchwc"/> for an in-depth look
- at switching.</para>
+ make a working copy begin tracking a new branch. If
+ specified, <replaceable>PEGREV</replaceable> determines in
+ which revision the target is first looked up. See
+ <xref linkend="svn.branchmerge.switchwc"/> for an in-depth
+ look at switching.</para>
<note>
<para>Beginning with Subversion 1.7, the <command>svn
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