Re: How to compare working copy file with older version of that file?

On 2008-05-29, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2008b_at_ryandesign.com> wrote:

>>>> I wonder if you have a corrupt repository, and Subversion runs
>>>> into trouble when it is trying to create the text of the file
>>>> you're asking about from its history of changes. What happens
>>>> when you do "svn cat" of that file, with a URL, or with a -r
>>>> switch, or both?
>>>
>>> Same thing:
[...]
>>> $ svn cat -r 2057 matrixConfig.h
>>> svn: File not found: revision 1972, path '/ecos/ecosapps/trunk/
>>> matrixssl/src/matrixConfig.h'
>>>
>>> <and in a different directory that's not a working copy of anything...>
>>>
>>> $ svn cat -r 2057 svn://lnxdb/devicemaster/ecos/ecosapps/ branches/MatrixSSL/matrixssl/src/matrixConfig.h
>>> svn: File not found: revision 1972, path '/ecos/ecosapps/trunk/matrixssl/src/matrixConfig.h'
>>
>> Both the branch and the file in question were added by revision
>> 1973. Neither that branch nor the file existed in revision 1972.
>>
>> I don't get why svn thinks that file should exist in the trunk
>> in revision 1972.
>
> Can you try verifying the repository? Run "svnadmin verify /path/to/
> repository" on the server.

I'll ask the admin to do that when he comes in tomorrow.

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