[MPlayer-dev-eng] svn policy change [RFC][PATCH]

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

read patch below
comments and flames welcome

note, i can split it if someone (diego probably) wants

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Index: svn-howto.txt
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--- svn-howto.txt	(revision 19349)
+++ svn-howto.txt	(working copy)
@@ -127,14 +127,21 @@
   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 or rename files maintained by others then 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, dont
+  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
+  in both files
+
   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
   those changes hard to trace.
@@ -145,11 +152,10 @@
 
 9. Reverting broken commits
 
-  There is no Subversion equivalent of the 'cvs admin -o' command. Instead,
-  be very careful about what you commit! If somehow you broke something,
-  revert the changes locally and re-commit with a proper commit message.
-  You may want to use 'svn cat -r<revision> <filename>' to inspect an older
-  revision.
+  You can revert a change by using svn copy from an old revision or by 
+  reversing the change locally and re-commiting with a proper commit message.
+  if the change was total nonsense like a policy violation or someone
+  commiting the wrong file then svn copy is the correct way to reverse
 
 
 10. Reverting local changes