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RE: Re: branch with subfolder gives "path not present"

From: Mr Factory <corbin_at_skymo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:25:10 -0800 (PST)

Thanks for the reply

I decided it is a good feature also

> On 16.11.2010 10:40, Mr Factory wrote:
> > hi
> >
> > if I branch "/trunk" to "/branches/b1"
> > it works ok (folder "b1" is created for me)
> >
> > but if I branch "/trunk/folder" to "/branches/b1/folder"
> >
> > I get the error "path 'branches/b1' not present"
> >
> > I was expecting the software to create that folder for me
> >
> > (Of course it doesn't exist yet - it is the tools job to create it)
> >
> > Is this by design?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Is there an option to modify this behaviour?
>
> There's one in the svn library, but not in TSVN since TSVN does not use
> that option.
>
> The problem is that if that option is specified, the svn lib will always
> create subfolders even if the target folder already exists - in that
> case it won't throw an error but create a subfolder with the same name.
> Since that is something many users don't want, TSVN doesn't use that option.
>
> > Is it a bug?
>
> Not really.
>
> Stefan
>
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