Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign@...> writes: + + Is there any way to do this without having + + to check out a working copy (I'd rather just + + change a Portfile and the Portindex locally, + + check it works, and then check in the Portfile + + back into trunk)? + + You don't need to do anything to the portindex. You just need to + modify the portfile, test, and when you're sure it works, commit it. + You do need a working copy to commit changes to files. Personally I + just changed my dports tree from an rsync update to a subversion + working copy and use that. Yes, you will be checking in to trunk/ + dports. (The dports don't live anywhere except in trunk, and really + they belong outside of trunk, but rearranging that at this point is + complicated and nobody has felt it worth the effort yet, though jmpp + did bring it up at one point.) First, can you expand on *exactly* what you do here (rsync->svn), and second, does anyone have any other methods? Good to collect methods that work. :) JDO