Re: Possible issue triggered by repos reorg (including repro script)

On Apr 16, 2005, at 6:51 PM, Matt Doran wrote:

>
>   1. Update the working copy to mirror a new URL within the
> repository.
>      This behaviour is similar to 'svn update', and is the way to
>      move a working copy to a branch or tag within the same
> repository.
>
>   2. Rewrite working copy URL metadata to reflect a syntactic change
> only.
>      This is used when repository's root URL changes (such as a schema
>      or hostname change) but your working copy still reflects the same
>      directory within the same repository.
>

The help text could be improved. I just added more explanation to
chapter 9 in the svn book as well.

> Are there any checks that could be added to --relocate to avoid my
> mistake.  I.e. don't allow the relocate if the "SVNROOT" does change? 
>

Not yet, since the working copy, when looking at URL, doesn't know
where SVNROOT ends and the "internal repository" path begins. We plan
to change that someday.

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Received on Sun Apr 17 03:37:13 2005