On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Mark E. Hamilton <mhamilt_at_sandia.gov> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a situation with SVN that seems inconsistent. I'm using this
> version of SVN:
>
> sahp7635% svn --version
> svn, version 1.5.0 (Release Candidate 4)
> compiled Apr 25 2008, 16:46:48
>
> I have a sparse working directory that contains a file which has been
> ignored, and some sub-directories, some of which were updated and some of
> which were checked out (so my working directory is disjoint so I can't just
> do 'svn commit -m Test'.) I can get the status using a wildcard:
>
> % svn status *
> M ARPACK/ARPACK_sn.xml
> M Nbtools/Jamroot
> I SNTools.project
> M Sierra/Sierra.xml
> M aria/Apps_aria.C
>
> and it ignores the ignored file. However, when I try to commit with the
> same wildcard it fails:
>
> % svn -m Test commit *
> svn: Commit failed (details follow):
> svn: '/var/scratch2/sierra_svn_votd/SNTools.project' is not under version
> control
The wildcard expands to a list of files including the unversioned
file. If you run svn commit without the wildcard, the above should
work.
HTH,
Erik.
> I would understand if it whined about a file that was not under version
> control and not marked as ignored, but it seems to me that in this case it
> should ignore this file even for a commit. Not being able to do this means
> that we have to explicitly specify each sub-directory we want to commit,
> which means that something could be missed. I don't know if this behavior
> is intentional or a bug. Is there a reason why allowing this commit would be
> an unwise thing for SVN to do?
>
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> Mark E. Hamilton
> Orion International Technologies, Inc.
> Sandia National Laboratory, NM.
> 505-844-7666
>
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