2008/5/2 Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>:
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Yurik <yuriastrakhan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On May 2, 11:21 am, "Andy Levy" <andy.l..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Yurik <yuriastrak..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Please add a warning when changing the structure of the checkout
> > > > directory to the newer version.
> > >
> > > > In our team, some of us has already migrated to the bleeding edge of
> > > > the TortoiseSVN, while other machines for stability and compatibility
> > > > reasons have to remain a bit behind. Unfortunately, sometimes we do an
> > > > update on the checkout dir on a remote share, and TortoiseSVN silently
> > > > upgrades it, causing numerous problems as there is no easy way to
> > > > downgrade it back.
> > >
> > > > Please warn the user of the upgrade and allow them to cancel it.
> > >
> > > Cancel the upgrade, or cancel the operation altogether?
> >
> > Cancel everything. I obviously cannot expect newer version to run on
> > the older repository. Its just that when I, for example, open an older
> > project in Visual Studio, it offers to convert the project, or cancel
> > the operation. I do not expect VS to continue working with the older
> > format, yet I do expect it to warn me before ruining the file. This is
> > very similar - I do not want irreversible changes that might cause
> > problems for other applications.
>
> This sounds like functionality which would need to be exposed by the
> core SVN libraries, for use by clients using those libraries.
Correct. TSVN doesn't even know the upgrade is happening as it takes
place somewhere in the depths of a Subversion library call.
There is a python script on the subversion website which will allow
you to downgrade a WC to 1.4 format if it gets upgraded by mistake.
http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/tools/client-side/change-svn-wc-format.py
Simon
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Received on 2008-05-02 22:04:18 CEST