> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Fogel [mailto:kfogel_at_red-bean.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:17 PM
> To: dev_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Cc: pburba_at_tigris.org
> Subject: Re: svn commit: r28942 - in trunk/subversion:
> include libsvn_client tests/cmdline
>
> This is the mail promised here...
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=svn&msgNo=34070
> From: kfogel_at_tigris.org
> To: svn_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: svn commit: r28949 -
> branches/reintegrate/subversion/tests/cmdline
> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:12:01 -0800
> Message-Id: <200801180312.m0I3C1lq023629_at_svn2.sjc.collab.net>
>
> ...about r28942's possibly-wider-than-is-entirely-healthy
> scope. (See also r28949 and the long comment introduced there.)
>
> pburba_at_tigris.org writes:
> > Log:
> > Don't elide or inherit mergeinfo across a mixed revision
> working copy.
> >
> > * subversion/include/svn_mergeinfo.h: Add a blurb to the
> mergeinfo prop
> > overview about the limitations of inheritance and elision
> in mixed rev WCs.
> >
> > * subversion/libsvn_client/mergeinfo.c
> > (svn_client__get_wc_mergeinfo): Don't crawl to a parent
> looking for
> > inherited mergeinfo if that parent is at a different
> working revision than
> > the child.
> >
> > * subversion/libsvn_client/mergeinfo.h
> > (svn_client__get_wc_mergeinfo,
> > svn_client__get_wc_or_repos_mergeinfo ): Tweak doc strings.
> >
> > * subversion/tests/cmdline/merge_tests.py
> > (mergeinfo_elision, no_mergeinfo_from_no_op_merge):
> > * subversion/tests/cmdline/update_tests.py
> > (mergeinfo_update_elision): Put some updates in before
> subtree merges so
> > elision and inheritance can still occur.
>
>
> >
> ==============================================================
> ================
> > --- trunk/subversion/include/svn_mergeinfo.h (original)
> > +++ trunk/subversion/include/svn_mergeinfo.h Wed Jan
> 16 14:26:06 2008
> > @@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
> > * ranges. These non-inheritable ranges apply only to the
> path which they
> > * are set on.
> > *
> > + * Due to Subversion's allowance for mixed revision
> working copies,
> > + both
> > + * elision and inheritance within the working copy presume the path
> > + * between a path and its nearest parent with mergeinfo is at the
> > + same
> > + * working revision. If this is not the case then neither
> > + inheritance nor
> > + * elision can occur.
> > + *
> > * The value of the @c SVN_PROP_MERGEINFO property is a
> string consisting of
> > * a path, a colon, and comma separated revision list,
> containing one or more
> > * revision or revision ranges. Revision range start and
> end points
> > are
>
> A little more explanation than "Due to Subversion's allowance
> for mixed revision working copies..." might be in order :-).
> Also, just for clarity, would it still mean the same thing if
> the second half of that first sentence read like this:
>
> "...both elision and inheritance (in the working copy) presume that
> all intermediate directories between a target and its nearest
> parent with mergeinfo are at the same working revision."
Yes! Thank you, that perfectly articulates what I was trying to say
(but failed miserably).
> ?
>
> More importantly, what exactly is the bug being prevented
> here? Is there a known reproduction recipe?
Did you catch this short thread?
http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2008-01/0292.shtml
> I should probably save further comments for after I
> understand the goal of this change better. I'm sure there
> was a good reason for it, but it's going to be a big burden
> on users to have to type 'svn up'
> all the time (or not get proper mergeinfo). r28949 shows
> that this requirement may work in counterintuitive ways in
> practice, too.
>
> -Karl
>
>
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