Re: "svn copy -rHEAD" copies the wrong version.

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> Julian Foad <julianfoad@btopenworld.com> writes:
>
>>>Or, if you want to take a harder road, 'svn cp -rX WC WC' could simply be
>>>converted (quietly, under the hood) to 'svn cp -rX URL WC'.
>>
>>This is what seems to be happening; just with a bug in it. Either
>>that or some unintended functionality is operating and should be
>>blocked.
>>
>>I don't mind whether "-r" is allowed with a local path. Anyone want
>>to choose?
>
> Well, heck, if '-r' is already working in the WC->WC case most of the
> time, why don't you investigate the bug? It sounds like we're almost
> there. Maybe it's really trivial to make -rHEAD work correctly.

OK. I'm busy for a few days but it's on my list of things to do after that.

> If it isn't trivial, then I'd suggest going the other route: forbid
> -r completely in the WC->WC case, and make docs very clear about it.

Agreed.

- Julian

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Received on Wed Oct 1 13:39:07 2003