RE: 1.7 fix necessary? file externals in unversioned subdirs

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neels J Hofmeyr [mailto:neels_at_elego.de]
> Sent: woensdag 31 augustus 2011 4:17
> To: Subversion Development
> Subject: 1.7 fix necessary? file externals in unversioned subdirs
>
> Ran a test that puts a file external inside an unversioned subdir. As soon
> as I have such a file external, running 'svn cleanup' (even though there's
> nothing to clean up) fails:
>
> [[[
> svn: E155016: database inconsistency at local_relpath='X/UNV/xb' verifying
> expression 'have_a_parent_row'
> ]]]
>
> So we should fix, or enforce in 1.7.x that file externals can only be
> created directly in versioned directories. Because if user has an
> unversioned path between WC and file external, 'svn cleanup' always fails.
... in maintainer mode.

(These checks shouldn't be enabled in release/non-maintainer mode)

I think the inconsistency check needs an update.

        Bert
Received on 2011-08-31 10:16:18 CEST