Re: "svn branch" and "svn label"

Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@collab.net> writes:

> > > If a
> > > pre-commit hook tweaks a pending transaction, we
> > > risk working copies
> > > falling out of sync!
> >
> > Wouldn't this happen with post-commit hooks as well?
>
> No. The client commits revision 5, and revision 5 really looks the
> way the client thinks it should. It just so happens that the
> post-commit hook *also* creates a new revision 6.

Don't rely on the post-commit hook creating a revision one greater
than the client commit. Nothing prevents another client getting in
between the commit and the post-commit hook. So if the commit creates
a new file, say, then that file may get deleted before the post-commit
hook runs.

-- 
Philip Martin
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