"move" shouldn't take a revision argument

Peter Hercek pointed out recently that "svn move" can take a revision argument. I see also that svn_client_move() does. That argument is meaningless. A WC move always acts on the working revision, and a repository move on the repository head revision. So...

"svn move" should stop accepting "-r".

"svn_client_move" should be deprecated and superceded by "svn_client_move2" which will be the same but without the revision parameter. The doc string of "svn_client_move" says:

 * If @a src_path is a repository URL:
[...]
 * - @a src_revision is used to choose the revision from which to copy
 * the @a src_path.
[...]
 * If @a src_path is a working copy path
[...]
 * - @a src_revision, and @a ctx->log_msg_func/@a ctx->log_msg_baton are
 * ignored.

but that is wrong and should be changed to match the implementation, which is (for any type of src_path):

 * @a src_revision has no useful effect but must be of kind
 * @c svn_opt_revision_unspecified or @c svn_opt_revision_head,
 * otherwise error @c SVN_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE is returned.

Does this all sound right?

- Julian

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Received on Tue Oct 12 01:52:50 2004