Re: Stuck between relocate and upgrade

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Bert Huijben <bert_at_qqmail.nl> wrote:

>> I do not get the impression that 1.4 is the relevant fact here.  It
>> seems like the issue is just that svn upgrade needs to contact the
>> repository?  So you cannot upgrade a WC that needs to be relocated?
>>
>> This does not sound like a real world problem.
>
> What the old version is, is not relevant. (See other reply: Before 1.7 we
> can never be sure if we have all the information in the working copy or not)
>
> The question is more: Is this problem relevant enough to support this
> scenario on 'svn upgrade'.

To be clear the scenario is do we need to support upgrading an old
working copy that does not point at a currently valid server location.
 IMHO, it is perfectly acceptable to require a new checkout in this
unlikely scenario.

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Thanks
Mark Phippard
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