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Re: svn commit: r1628536 - in /subversion/trunk/subversion: libsvn_client/externals.c tests/cmdline/externals_tests.py

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:16:47 +0100

On 29.01.2015 08:08, Branko Čibej wrote:
>> Author: stsp
>> Date: Tue Sep 30 20:03:43 2014
>> New Revision: 1628536
>>
>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1628536
>> Log:
>> Fix issue #4085, "external can shadow a versioned directory".
> [...]
>
>> Modified: subversion/trunk/subversion/libsvn_client/externals.c
>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/trunk/subversion/libsvn_client/externals.c?rev=1628536&r1=1628535&r2=1628536&view=diff
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- subversion/trunk/subversion/libsvn_client/externals.c (original)
>> +++ subversion/trunk/subversion/libsvn_client/externals.c Tue Sep 30 20:03:43 2014
>> @@ -169,6 +169,37 @@ switch_dir_external(const char *local_ab
>> if (revision->kind == svn_opt_revision_number)
>> external_rev = revision->value.number;
>>
>> + /*
>> + * The code below assumes existing versioned paths are *not* part of
>> + * the external's defining working copy.
>> + * The working copy library does not support registering externals
>> + * on top of existing BASE nodes and will error out if we try.
>> + * So if the external target is part of the defining working copy's
>> + * BASE tree, don't attempt to create the external. Doing so would
>> + * leave behind a switched path instead of an external (since the
>> + * switch succeeds but registration of the external in the DB fails).
>> + * The working copy then cannot be updated until the path is switched back.
>> + * See issue #4085.
>> + */
>> + SVN_ERR(svn_wc__node_get_base(&kind, NULL, NULL,
>> + &repos_root_url, &repos_uuid,
>> + NULL, ctx->wc_ctx, local_abspath,
>> + TRUE, /* ignore_enoent */
>> + TRUE, /* show hidden */
>> + pool, pool));
>> + if (kind != svn_node_unknown)
>> + {
>> + const char *wcroot_abspath;
>> + const char *defining_wcroot_abspath;
>> +
>> + SVN_ERR(svn_wc__get_wcroot(&wcroot_abspath, ctx->wc_ctx,
>> + local_abspath, pool, pool));
>> + SVN_ERR(svn_wc__get_wcroot(&defining_wcroot_abspath, ctx->wc_ctx,
>> + defining_abspath, pool, pool));
>> + if (strcmp(wcroot_abspath, defining_wcroot_abspath) == 0)
>> + return svn_error_create(SVN_ERR_WC_PATH_UNEXPECTED_STATUS, NULL, NULL);
>> + }
> Is there any good reason not to have a specific error message here?
> Because right now we just get this, e.g., during update after the
> offending svn:externals property was committed (both a/b/e and a/b/x are
> versioned directories):
>
> $ svn propset svn:externals '^/a/b/e x' a/b
> $ svn commit -mm
> Sending a/b
>
> Committed revision 2.
> $ svn update
> Updating '.':
>
> Fetching external item into 'a/b/x':
> svn: warning: W155035: The specified path has an unexpected status
>
> At revision 2.
> svn: E205011: Failure occurred processing one or more externals definitions
>
>
> This error message is not very helpful.

(I'm ignoring the fact that this "fix" is likely to blow up when someone
expands a sparse working copy such that an externals root suddenly
become versioned, and that it would be better to solve this in wc-db.)

-- Brane
Received on 2015-01-29 10:19:23 CET

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