Hi Ben,
> > This is the only time, that subversion doesn't warn you
> > when the target URL already exists in the filesystem.
>
> Why would it warn you? There's nothing wrong with the target URL
> already existing.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here, but I think SVNs behaviour is
dangerous:
1) First Copy
svn copy http://myserver/myrepos/trunk/ http://myserver/myrepos/tags/Tag_01
creates http://myserver/myrepos/Tag_01, when http://myserver/myrepos/Tag_01
does not already exist.
This is what I expect to happen.
2) Second Copy
svn copy http://myserver/myrepos/trunk/ http://myserver/myrepos/tags/Tag_01
creates http://myserver/myrepos/Tag_01/trunk, when
http://myserver/myrepos/Tag_01 already exists.
This is where I'd expect a warning, that the destination already exist,
telling you where the copy would really end up and allowing you to cancel or
continue the operation.
Maybe I wanted to create Tag_02 and just mistyped it?!? Maybe a
day/week/month later I'll wonder where the tag I created a while ago has
disappeared?
3) Third Copy
svn copy http://myserver/myrepos/trunk/ http://myserver/myrepos/tags/Tag_01
fails with an error message, that the destination
http://myserver/myrepos/Tag_01/trunk, already exists. This is the Moment
where I would wake up and notice that something went wrong, but now it's too
late already.
Imagine a timed script creating tags that is not working properly.
> > Ist this a bug or....
>
> Nope.
Maybe not a bug but worth a thought?
Cheers
-Lübbe
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Received on Wed Oct 1 15:29:26 2003