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Re: Issues with svn copy

From: <kfogel_at_collab.net>
Date: 2004-09-22 20:26:56 CEST

Greg, is it possible for you to send your mails in plaintext, instead
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Thanks,
-Karl

Greg Goodrich <ggoodrich@medinotes.com> writes:
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> I've scanned through the mailing list, and may have come up with some
> similar circumstances to my question, but nonetheless, I wish to point
> out what I consider a "strange" behaviour of the svn copy command.<br>
> <br>
> My issues thus far are encapsulated in my efforts to convert from VSS
> to Subversion, and therefore the copy command that I'm running is
> "generated" by a script.&nbsp; This may or may not be useful background info.<br>
> <br>
> Given a repository:<br>
> <br>
> dev<br>
> &nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp; -- tags<br>
> &nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp; -- trunk<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Charting<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- cp32<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Notebuilder<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Utilities<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- UserMan<br>
> <br>
> All "nodes" are folders in the above tree.<br>
> If I now do the following command:<br>
> <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; svn copy --message "version" $repos/trunk/Charting
> $repos/tags/V4.4.2/Charting<br>
> <br>
> What I get is a V4.4.2 folder under tags, with cp32 and Notebuilder
> folders under V4.4.2.&nbsp; This seems strange, but not necessarily
> incorrect.<br>
> <br>
> Now, if I run basically the SAME command, with a different source
> "folder":<br>
> <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; svn copy --message "version" $repos/trunk/Utilities
> $repos/tags/V4.4.2/Utilities<br>
> <br>
> I would expect consistent behavior of this, and thus would expect to
> have a UserMan folder directly under V4.4.2.&nbsp; This, however, is not the
> case.&nbsp; Instead I have a Utilities folder under V4.4.2.&nbsp; This is the
> behaviour that I desire to have, but I would prefer it to be consistent
> with the first situation where the V4.4.2 directory didn't yet exist.&nbsp;
> Nonetheless, can this inconsistency be explained?&nbsp; I've read that this
> commad mimics the unix cp command, but it doesn't seem to to me.&nbsp; I've
> never noticed such an inconsistency when using unix cp (12+ years of
> it), though I don't usually use the recursive option to cp.<br>
> A new subtree after running the two commands follows:<br>
> <br>
> tags<br>
> &nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp; -- V4.4.2<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- cp32<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Notebuilder<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Utilities<br>
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