Re: Why does svn status silently ignore repository errors?

Philip Martin <philip@codematters.co.uk> writes:

> >From add_update_info_to_status_hash()
>
> /* Get the RA library that handles URL. */
> SVN_ERR (svn_ra_init_ra_libs (&ra_baton, pool));
> if (svn_ra_get_ra_library (&ra_lib, ra_baton, URL->data, pool) != NULL)
> return SVN_NO_ERROR;
>
> /* Open a repository session to the URL. */
> /* ### if we're supposed to talk to the repos, then it better be there */
> if (svn_client__open_ra_session (&session, ra_lib, URL, anchor,
> TRUE, TRUE, auth_baton, pool) != NULL)
> return SVN_NO_ERROR;
>
> What is the rationale for this?

Bugginess. :-)

Seriously, this is just a known wrongness. If the user explicitly
asks for repos access with -u, and that fails for any reason, the user
should be told about it.

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:57 2006