Re: [PATCH] Issue 1313 - svn copy URL1 URL2 fails silently

Philip Martin wrote:

>It just works if the URLs refer to the same repository, no need to
>check UUIDs. However, if the URLs refer to separate repositories then
>the the current code
>
> common_url = get_longest_ancestor (source_url, target_url)
> open_ra_session (common_url)
>
>is going to generate common_url that does not refer to a repository,
>that's going to cause an error, isn't it? If the error really must be
>"improved", then perhaps the solution is to check paths in the
>repository, rather than UUIDs.
>
>
"It ain't necessarily so."

It's entirely possible to have two completely different URLs refer to
the same repository. Through symlinks in the filesystem, interesting
Apache configuration, etc. etc. So to make sure, you have to open both
URLs and check the UUIDs.

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Brane Čibej   <brane_at_xbc.nu>   http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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