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Re: path missing in file provided for typing the log message

From: Ben Reser <ben_at_reser.org>
Date: 2004-02-20 00:34:40 CET

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 02:12:39PM -0600, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> I'm not sure if it's intentional, but I'm not sure it's a bug.
>
> 'svn ci' causes the commit to be anchored at ".", and all committable
> targets are relative to that anchor. That's why you see 'dir/file'
> listed as a committable target.
>
> 'svn ci dir/file' causes the commit to be anchored at 'dir', and the
> committable target is just 'file', again, relative to the anchor.

It should also be noted that a subdirectory in a wc is a valid wc in and
of itself. You can pull it out throw it away and use it. As a result,
svn only knows as much of the path as you tell it.

-- 
Ben Reser <ben@reser.org>
http://ben.reser.org
"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us somebody may be looking."
- H.L. Mencken
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