Import (merge) Flare projects

[grendel]

One of our writers was working in a local copy that was originally connected to the main project in SVN. At some point (around the time we upgraded from V9 to V10), the URL for this working copy was broken, and the writer did not realize it. Thus, the writer continued to develop new content and update existing content. A commit to SVN failed. On investigation, the URL was no longer valid, which we think was due to one of two changes made by the IT department. They couldn't figure out what happened. We did attempt to re-establish a connection with SVN by providing a new URL, but this was not successful.

The only solution we can see is to create a new local copy from the current project in SVN, and then merge this writer's current local copy (updated and new files) with the new local copy that is connected to SVN.

After looking through the Help content, we're thinking we can use the Import functionality to accomplish this task. Does anyone have a better idea or any thoughts on what to avoid/ensure/check? Are we crazy for thinking this will work?

Thanks in advance!
Lisa
Running Flare V10.2

[dorcutt]

Just to get a headstart for the more knowledgeable people, are you using any source control tools? That will probably be relevant.

[grendel]

Just to get a headstart for the more knowledgeable people, are you using any source control tools? That will probably be relevant.

Good idea. No, we are not, unless you count SubVersion (Yes, they let me play with technology. ). We are not using the Source Control provided with Flare.

[dorcutt]

Oops, my mistake, I didn't recognize the SVN abbreviation for subversion. Things I learned!

[RamonS]

We are not using the Source Control provided with Flare.

Flare itself does not provide source control, it can only act as a client to source control systems such as Subversion.

[grendel]

We are not using the Source Control provided with Flare.

Flare itself does not provide source control, it can only act as a client to source control systems such as Subversion.

That is correct, and we are not using the Source Control feature in Flare.

[grendel]

Anyone have an answer or some thoughts to share on the main topic?

Thanks lots!
Lisa

[grendel]

We did it a small test to import a few topic files from the broken working copy to the new working copy, and it seems to go off without a hitch. We were able to get the new content added/committed to SVN. We're going to finish the task in small batches in case we encounter any problems.

In the meantime, if anyone has any cautions to share or other thoughts, please do so.

Thanks,
lisa