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Re: Moving a moved file

From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman_at_collab.net>
Date: 2003-12-26 19:13:22 CET

On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 12:02, Folker Schamel wrote:
> Question regarding issue 756
> (sorry for posting a duplicate issue):
>
> What I don't understand is the difference
> between multiple moves and multiple copies
> mentioned in the issue 756 comments.
> For example, what exactly is the problem with
> svn cp A B
> svn cp B C
> ?
> Am I right that this is "only" an implementation problem,
> but no logical problem (from the user's perspective)?

No, I would argue the other way around. The previous "rabbinic
commentary" explains why we probably won't ever allow transitive copy
operations. But I believe that someday we *can* allow transitive move
operations. The only reason the move scenario doesn't work right now is
because move is currently implemented as a copy; someday, when we have
"real" move operations in the working-copy, there should be no problem
with transitivity.

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