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Re: Subversion Commit Bug

From: Matt Sickler <crazyfordynamite_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-08-24 21:50:33 CEST

solution: use svn ci -m ''
( single quotes )
On 8/23/07, Clemens <clemens.hintze@thalesgroup.com> wrote:
>
> ( ... Rearranged due to top posting ...)
>
> Aaron Axelsen wrote:
> > Simon Scott wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> >>> svn commit -m "got event type into the user page somehow, its a
> >>> miracle!"
> >>>
> >>> The result is: -su: !": event not found
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone else confirm this? Seems like it could be fixed by
> >>> escaping the ! since this works correctly:
>
> (...)
>
> >> That is more to do with bash command line expansion than
> >> subversion. The '!' character has special meaning in bash and other
> >> shells.
> >>
> >> Witness:
> >>
> >> simon@simon-laptop:~$ echo "!" bash: !: event not found
> >> simon@simon-laptop:~$ echo '!' !
> >
> > I am aware that it has different meanings among various shells.
> > However, is it desired behavior for subversion to parse it? Should it
> > be escaping it?
>
> You didn't understand the answer! Subversion didn't parse the '!' at
> all. The shell parse the '!' even before it invoke the 'svn' command.
> Subversion didn't see the '!' at all!
>
> And it is the shell complaining that no such event was found. Even
> before subversion is ever invoked above.
>
> So it has nothing to do with Subversion at all!
>
> (...)
>
> Best regards,
> Clemens.
>
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