Re: [TSVN] tsvn 1.1.2 gives no warning when checking out to a directory that's not empty

Roel Harbers wrote:
> SteveKing wrote:
>
>> Roel Harbers wrote:
>>
>>> Does a checkout into a wc even make sense? Why the Checkout context
>>> menu for wc in 1.1.3RC? It doesn't actually work anyway.
>>
>>
>>
>> Check the mailing list for some very nasty comments to a user who
>> ultimately named TSVN "broken" and "useless" since it didn't provide
>> checking out into an existing WC.
>
>
> Easy, Steve. I think I've reported enough actual bugs with proper
> reproduction recipes to not be compared to him :)

Ok, now I'm really confused. Why do you think I'm upset with _you_ now?
I've reread my mail and I couldn't find anything upsetting in there.

>> What do you mean with "it doesn't actually work anyway"? What does not
>> work? Error messages?
>
> 'D:/svn/project' is already a working copy for a different URL

You have to add a foldername of course for the checkout to be created.
Hmmm - that would also mean that a checkout was possible before into an
existing wc: create a new empty folder and checkout into that.
--> I'll change it back right away!

> My question still stands: when does a checkout into an existing wc make
> sense? What is expected to happen with a wc inside another wc? what
> happens when I update? Commit?

Check out the Subversion docs about "nested layouts".
(sorry, but it would be too much to explain all that here)

Stefan

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