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RE: SVN shows a file, but local repository after UPDATE still doesn't

From: Bob Archer <bob.archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:00:40 -0500

> On Feb 12, 6:40 am, Bob Archer <bob.arc..._at_amsi.com> wrote:
> > > I discovered this because I'm doing a manual check and want to make
> > > sure I can trust that when SVN is "green" it basically will be a
> > > representation of what is in my remote SVN file.
> >
> > BTW: That is not what "GREEN" means. All that "GREEN" tells you is that
> your WC matches BASE... in other words you haven't changed it since you
> checked it out. "GREEN" does not mean it is the same as the repository.
> >
> > BOb
> But if I have done an update, shouldn't green mean it now matches the
> repository?
>

Sort of. But, 10 seconds after your update someone could commit something new and you would still have green. The only way you can be 100% that green means same as repository is if you are the only one using the repository.

BOb

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