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Re: 'svn switch --relocate' behavior change -- intentional?

From: Peter N. Lundblad <peter_at_famlundblad.se>
Date: 2005-08-24 08:51:25 CEST

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, C. Michael Pilato wrote:

> "Peter N. Lundblad" <peter@famlundblad.se> writes:
>
> > So, I thin k the check should be changed so that it only checks that the
> > prefix of the arguments that change are part of the repository root, but
> > accept a path thereafter if it is identical in both strings. As I
> > discussed with Karl on IRC, this shouldn't just silently error, but
> > instead violently generate an error instead. Agreed?
>
> Let me see if I have this straight. Ensure that:
>
> - URL-of-WC-target is or is a child of FROM-URL,
>
> - upon removal of the relative path from FROM-URL to
> URL-of-WC-target from TO-URL, we wind up the new repository root.
>
> Is that right?
>
>
Yes, and we compare that to what the new repository says is its repository
root and fail if it's not. That's my thinking.

I'm a little busy at the moment, but since this is a regression, I'll get
to this before 1.3 is out.

Thanks,
//Peter

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