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Re: strange behavior, history lost

From: Jason Kraftcheck <kraftche_at_cae.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:35:31 -0500

Tyler Roscoe wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 02:54:25PM -0500, Jason Kraftcheck wrote:
>> A user just checked in a change set that resulted in the following:
>> A file was removed
>> An identical file was added
>> An automated email message included the following:
>> Property changes on: MOAB/trunk/tools/dagmc/Makefile.am
>> ___________________________________________________________________
>> Name: svn:mergeinfo
>> +
>>
>> I now cannot access the history of the file before that version. For example:
>>
>> svn copy --revision 2785 \
>> https://svn.mcs.anl.gov/repos/ITAPS/MOAB/trunk/tools/dagmc/Makefile.am .
>> svn: Unable to find repository location for
>> 'https://svn.mcs.anl.gov/repos/ITAPS/MOAB/trunk/tools/dagmc/Makefile.am' in
>> revision 2785
>
> My guess:
>
> The Makefile.am that existed in revision 2785 is not the same as the new
> file named Makefile.am. They have the same name, but Subversion is smart
> enough to know that they are in fact different files with different
> ancestry.

The files were identical?

>
> Why did this part happen:
>
>> A file was removed
>> An identical file was added
>
> ? What was the user trying to do?
>

Nothing (with respect to the file in question). Or at least that's what she
told me.

- jason

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