Re: recent client-side corruptions and Alpha

Blair Zajac <blair@orcaware.com> writes:

> Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> > 4. Frustrated by the previous crash, you attempt to commit your mods
> > again. Your working copy reports that you're committing against
> > r2 of foo, so there's no server-side conflict; and now you send
> > *binary* diffs between r1 and r1+M and unknowingly apply them to
> > r2 of foo on the server (which already looks like r1+M). Voila,
> > instant garbage.
>
> Binary diffs meaning what exactly? That the diffs are to just replace
> byte ranges of data instead of looking like 'diff' output?

Yes. The subversion client and server send "binary" diffs both
directions over the network. Read about the txdelta operations in
svn_delta.h.

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Received on Sat Jul 13 00:51:06 2002