I am using SVN for the first time. I was given a repo which contained several directories, one of which was a Java program directory, the others were various other things.
I used the Eclipse SVN plugin to checkout the repo, and only checked out the relevant Java subdirectory into Eclipse (the other directories were irrelevant for my purpose).
Now I have done the changes to this directory.
Am I right in thinking that if I “commit” the updates, the new head will be created with the updated Java directory AND all the other directories? What I am worried about is losing the other directories.
It should work perfectly fine. Just ensure that your “commit” happens only in the relevant sub-directory that you have checked out via Eclipse.