Re: svn commit: r1501163 - in /subversion/trunk/subversion: include/private/svn_wc_private.h libsvn_client/checkout.c libsvn_wc/adm_files.c

On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 12:25:33PM +0200, Bert Huijben wrote:
> I haven't tested this, but this currently appears to remove the safety net around:
> $ rm trunk
> $ svn co URL trunk
> (which would produce an error and now two working copies)

Why shouldn't it produce two working copies?
The inner working copy is seen as an obstruction in the outer WC.
I don't see why this would be a problem. It's a silly use case, but
we don't need to strictly prevent it.

> Or:
> $ svn rm trunk
> $ svn co URL trunk
> (which will now produce two working copies, with the first partially obstructed)

Same point as above.

>
> Or even:
> $ svn up --set-depth excluded trunk
> $ svn co URL trunk

Same point as above.
 
> In all these cases 1.6 would have behaved one way, and with single-db we behave in a different way as we don't just attach subdirectories in the parent wc.db.
>
> This patch might fix a few use cases, but I don't think it solves a real problem... And it might create a whole heap of new propblems
>

Can you please suggest a better way of fixing the original issue then?
Received on 2013-07-09 12:44:31 CEST