Re: PATCH: "revision" parameter to svn_client_status

Julian Foad <julianfoad@btopenworld.com> writes:

> Can someone reassure me that the operation will be atomic: that the
> server will determine the particular revision that is HEAD when it
> gets the request, and will send the whole of the response against
> that particular revision even if HEAD is changing because commits
> are happening in parallel?

Yes, this is exactly how it works. There's no such thing as a "moving
HEAD". The client says, 'what is HEAD'? The server responds, "it is
7111". The client then requests an update to exactly r7111. Of
course, by that time, 7112 might exist, but that's just too bad.

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Received on Sun Sep 21 18:34:57 2003