Re: svn cat doesn't work on moved files

"SteveKing" <steveking@gmx.ch> writes:

> > Now if I run 'svn cat -rX wc/foo' does it follow history through the
> > moves to wc/bar in rev X or does it go straight to wc/foo in rev X?
>
> I would expect it to go straight to wc/bar in rev X. The same as if

Huh? "straight to wc/bar in rev X"?

I asked "straight to wc/foo in rev X" or "follow history to wc/bar".

> I do a checkout of rev X. I know that a checkout of a single file is
> not possible in subversion, but svn cat should work like that.

Lets try again

  rev X: wc/foo contains text "foo"
           wc/bar contains text "bar"

  rev X+1: mv wc/foo wc/zig
           mv wc/bar wc/zag
           commit

  rev X+2: mv wc/zig wc/bar
           mv wc/zag wc/foo
           commit
           wc/foo contains text "bar"
           wc/bar contains text "foo"

So the working copy contains wc/foo at rev X+2 with contents "bar".
When I run 'svn cat -rX wc/foo' do I get contents "foo" or contents
"bar"?

-- 
Philip Martin
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