On Jun 12, 2009, at 11:24, Adam Grant wrote:
> Your explanation makes sense. Going back and re-reading the red-
> bean docs shows this:
>
> svn export [-r REV] URL [PATH]svn export PATH1 PATH2
> I didn't realize the [-r REV] only applied to the first case, which
> does go to the MASTER repo. I assumed that if I specified `svn
> export -r HEAD PATH1 PATH2` without giving it a full URL, then it
> would export from the local, working copy whatever it thought it's
> "HEAD" was. And if it didn't export from the working copy, I
> expected it to balk when it saw the `-r HEAD`, since that seems to
> only apply to export commands if given a URL.
>
> But, checking out the command line, I notice my `svn export --help`
> says this (this is what I originally read):
> ====================
> usage: 1. export [-r REV] URL[@PEGREV] [PATH]
> 2. export [-r REV] PATH1[@PEGREV] [PATH2]
>
> 1. Exports a clean directory tree from the repository specified by
> URL, at revision REV if it is given, otherwise at HEAD, into
> PATH. If PATH is omitted, the last component of the URL is used
> for the local directory name.
>
> 2. Exports a clean directory tree from the working copy specified by
> PATH1, at revision REV if it is given, otherwise at WORKING, into
> PATH2. If PATH2 is omitted, the last component of the PATH1
> is used
> for the local directory name. If REV is not specified, all local
> changes will be preserved. Files not under version control will
> not be copied.
> ====================
>
> Now this doc leads me to my old train of thought, whereas the red-
> bean book disagrees with this. Here they say even if you give it a
> revision, it will export from the working copy. But it doesn't.
> I've tried. It goes to the repo. Maybe my understanding of
> subversion isn't that deep, so could it be if the local working
> copy doesn't have knowledge of the revision you pass it, it goes to
> the MASTER repo, like you suggested, even for HEAD? It seems screwy
> to document it like this and then ignore the working copy no matter
> which form you use if you tack on `-r REV.
>
> Does it seem like I'm interpreting this correctly?
I think the help text printed by svn help could use some refinement.
I think the fact is that if you want to export what is in a working
copy, then you export from the working copy, and you do not specify a
revision. If you want a specific revision, you export from a working
copy or a URL, and it will connect to the repository to get the
revision you asked for.
A working copy only contains the revision of files it contains; it
doesn't contain the whole history. And unless you just ran "svn up"
on the repository, likely not all files are at the same revision (see
mixed revision working copies). So it would be unlikely for "svn
export -r REV" against a working copy to be able to give you that rev
you specified, unless the working copy is already at that revision,
in which case you don't need to specify the revision.
In your case of -r HEAD, the only way to accurately determine what
HEAD means is to ask the repository.
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