Checkout menu item missing bug, and a couple questions

Thank you for the quick reply, Stefan. Reply interleaved below.
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> M.Z. wrote:
> > When you've checked out an empty subdir using 1.5.X's files and dirs

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> > branches subdirs.
> To cherry pick other folders for checkout:
> * right-click on the checked out folder
> * choose "repository browser" from the menu
> * select the folder you want to add
> * right-click, choose "checkout"
Tried that, sometimes errors out with directory not empty type of errors, 
and doesn't
have the same default dirs behavior as the WC side commands do. I haven't 
saved
exact occurrence data so won't file a specific bug report on that. Besides, 
that's
more a workaround, IMO, than what someone could reasonably expect to see as
the behavior of the explorer right-click menu now that the depth option is 
there.
When depth<full and sub-directories are available in the repository that 
haven't
been checked out for the first time, personally I'd expect to use Checkout 
to get them,
and the command showing up would be an implicit reminder that the directory 
is
still a sparse one, or that new subdirectories or files are available. Also, 
when
depth < full, I'd expect that the basic Update command behaves like Update 
to
Revision/ Working Copy, recursing into just what subdirectories are already 
there,
and doing a full update of the files, if needed and depth>empty.
> > Any possibility the Checkout and Update to Revision ops can be modified
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> > request to the repository, as it appears to be implemented now.
> That's the behavior of the svn library. You'd have to ask for this on
> the Subversion mailing list.
I figure since you have the browser code, and the SVN repo doesn't, it would 
be
easier for you to graft a prototype into the TortoiseProc command handlers 
in
a block like:
if repo-dir-from-dialog-or-admin-dir-exists && depth <> full {
  if query-repo-version < 1.5 {
    do repo-browse-logic dirs and files/files only checkout or update
  } else {
    keep current methods
  }
}
and into TortoiseShell for the extended Checkout visibility changes.
Where it would go in SVN more problematic: libsvn, wc, ra, or the svn app;
all or some of these needing modifying, or more? If you got the change 
working in
TSVN it would make it easier to decide how best to retrofit it into the
command-line clients, I'd think. Bass-ackwards, I agree, but can consider
it a temporary proof-of-concept kludge than the actual permanent 
implementation.
> Stefan
Mark
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