subversion1.5中包含Sparse Directory(稀疏目录)和merge
tracking(合并跟踪)
以下是TSVN目前的开发状态，里面提到了这两个特性的相关链接，有兴趣的朋友可以看看，并欢迎发表你的理解和看法
Current ReleaseThe current stable release version is 1.4.4.
Get it from the
downloads page.
Upcoming
Project Milestones
- Release 1.4.5 TortoiseSVN 1.4 is the current stable branch
and any releases from this branch contain only bugfixes, not new
features. See the
changelog for details. Bugfix
releases are made when we find a major bug, or when enough small
bugs have accumulated to warrant it.
- Release 1.5.0 : TBD This is the next major release, and
will appear shortly after Subversion 1.5.0 is released. We don't
know when the Subversion team will start the release cycle yet,
but expect it sometime Q2/Q3 2007. Read more about this forthcoming
release below. If you want to try out the new features, you can
install a
nightly build. These are built
from the current development head and are for testing only. Please
read
Readme.txt first.
What we are currently working on
Subversion has recently merged two big new features from their branches
to the main trunk. Those new features are
sparse directories and
merge tracking. This means for us
that we have to make good use of those features, implement them in
TortoiseSVN and give them a nice GUI. While we've already implemented
most of the new APIs, there's still a lot to be done. And of course
we have to try the new features and help the Subversion guys to find
as many bugs as possible. After all, we all want the new features
to be as stable as possible.
If you want to know more about those two new features, you can read
about the concepts in the
Subversion source tree. There doesn't
exist much documentation yet for these, as they're brand new. And
as you may know from experience, the documentation is always way behind
the development itself.
Besides that, we're of course always working on smaller issues not
worth mentioning here, or fixing bugs. Whenever we feel we could get
bored, a new bug surfaces which keeps us busy.
What needs to be done before 1.5.0
- As already mentioned, the new features Subversion will have
finished for their 1.5.0 release are not fully implemented in
TortoiseSVN yet. That will take most of our time.
- Of course, there are some outstanding issues left in our
issue tracker, which still have
a chance to make it into 1.5.0.
- The
log message caching needs extensive
testing.
Besides that, we like not to plan too much. It doesn't help if we
make a plan with way too many features in it, only to discover that
we can't possibly do all what we've planned.
What is already implemented
It's already been some time since we released version 1.4.0 and created
the branch for the 1.4.x stable releases. And since that time, we've
been adding new features on trunk. Features of which you might not
have heard yet.
Some of those features are:
- Client-side hook scripts. TortoiseSVN can execute scripts before
and after certain operations like update or commit. You can use
this to run e.g. a validation script to make sure all your files
conform to some coding guidelines. See issue
#137 and
#322 for details.
- If you're using refactoring tools which rename/move files around,
you're usually stuck with a broken working copy because the refactoring
tool doesn't rename/move the files with the appropriate Subversion
command. Which means the rename/move left you with the original
file marked as 'missing', and the new file marked as 'unversioned'.
TortoiseSVN can
fix this now. In the commit dialog
you can select the two files (the 'missing' one and the corresponding
unversioned one', right-click and execute the "repair move/rename"
command.
- TortoiseMerge got an UNDO function, and can finally read files
with inconsistent newlines without problems.
- Another new feature in Subversion 1.5.0 are so called
change sets. A change set is
useful if you're working on different issues at the same time,
and don't want to accidentally commit a file which 'belongs' to
another issue. You can assign each file to a change set, and then
later commit only the files which belong to a certain change set.
To help you deal with change sets, TortoiseSVN shows you the files
grouped together in the commit dialog, similar to how the XP explorer
can group files.
- The repository browser was rewritten from scratch. It now uses
two panes (like e.g. the windows explorer) with a tree view on
the left, and a list view on the right side. It's also a lot faster
when browsing big directories.
These are only the bigger things that are already implemented. If
you want to see a more detailed list, have a look at our
changelog (login: 'guest', leave
password empty) and our
issue tracker. |
