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Re: Stale logs and upgrading to WC-NG

From: Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:10:55 +0100

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 10:59:08AM -0400, Mark Phippard wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Hyrum K. Wright
> <hyrum_wright_at_mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Apr 8, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Mark Phippard wrote:
> >> Can a WC-NG client at least detect this and issue an error?  Basically
> >> telling user they have stale logs and need to first clean them up
> >> using an older client?  Or checkout a new WC?
> >
> > Yes, detecting the presence of old logs shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Well I am completely in favor of your proposal. I do not think it
> makes sense to spend a ton of time trying to tackle these fringe cases
> that are fairly low value to begin with. I'd suggest we error out
> with a message that explains they need to first run svn cleanup with
> and older client to remove the stale logs. Presumably this is better
> than upgrading the WC and ignoring these logs.

+1

Stefan
Received on 2009-04-08 17:11:40 CEST

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