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Re: Stale logs and upgrading to WC-NG

From: Branko Cibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:10:59 +0200

Mark Phippard wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Branko Cibej <brane_at_xbc.nu> wrote:
>
>> Hyrum K. Wright wrote:
>>
>>> As many know, the upgrade process to move existing working copies to
>>> the 1.7 format will be manual. On *any* action, the user will be
>>> prompted to run 'svn cleanup' to upgrade the format.
>>>
>> Hm. Let's just hope users aren't too accustomed to running "svn cleanup"
>> each and every time their SVN starts misbehaving, or this
>> upgrade-on-cleanup could be a serious problem. Sort of like Windows
>> Vista having trained users to the unthinking clickthrough ...
>>
>
> If the message says you need to upgrade your WC format and to run svn
> cleanup to do it, that does not seem too likely to bring confusion
> about what it is doing.
>

I know, I know ... but I've seen it all. Haven't you, too?

> Would you prefer a specific new sub-command for this?
>

Nah. But it *might* be worthwhile to cobble up a separate program for
this one-off conversion. It's largely a psychic crutch, but might be an
important one since in this case, unlike with previous WC upgrades,
there really is no way back (or so I assume).

-- Brane

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