RE: Deficiency in Subversion - restore breaks working copies

This is one reason why I said, "And I don't think you can trust revision
numbers to always be good indicators of state." There would need to be some
additional information saved. Can anyone say "can 'o worms"? Can it even be
done, I wonder?

> Wadsworth, Eric (Contractor) wrote:
> > In the case that a subversion repository must be restored
> from backup, all
> > working copies that had updated to a revision number
> greater than the one
> > restored require extensive manual intervention to restore
> working order.
>
> Just wondering out loud: what if a wc A is upto revision 200, and the
> repository is restored from backup to revision 100, THEN other
> developers pump up the version number to >200. Does wc A go
> completely
> wild now?
>
> Marcus

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Received on Mon Aug 18 16:00:50 2003