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Re: unexpected behaviour (bug?) when moving/copying

From: Stefan <steveking_at_gmx.ch>
Date: 2004-12-22 19:26:42 CET

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>
> On Dec 18, 2004, at 10:14 AM, SteveKing wrote:
>
>> Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>>
>>> This is a pretty persuasive argument. In other words, you're
>>> suggesting that we let the *caller* decide whether to create a new
>>> directory or not. svn_client_move2() should either throw a specific
>>> error if the target already exists (which the client can trap), or it
>>> could take a new boolean argument to toggle directory-creation behavior.
>>
>>
>> It's not just svn_client_move() - svn_client_copy() has the same
>> behaviour (as I mentioned in the example creating the tag).
>>
>>> These API changes seem reasonable to me. Of course, the commandline
>>> client shouldn't change it's behavior here, but at least we can offer
>>> more options for other clients.
>>
>>
>> Should I file an issue about this?
>>
>
> Let's wait a day or two more, to see if others agree. :-)

Ok, it's been three days now. Shall I file now an issue about this?

Stefan

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