Re: Update of missing on non-working directory

On Wednesday 12 May 2010, Vadym Chepkov wrote:
> Consider this:
>
> $ svn -q --non-interactive update /blah-blah
> $ echo $?
> 0
>
> No output even to stderr, no indication of a failure at all.
> Subversion doesn't always used interactively, hence --non-interactive
> switch. If you made a mistake in a script it will be unnoticed (well, this
> was my unpleasant surprise)
>
> Vadym
>

If you are using it in a script and want to guard against user error then one
of the first checks should be a svn info to verify that the path is part of a
working copy. This will return non zero on an error as well as some output
even with --non-interactive flag.

$ svn --non-interactive info /bob
svn: '/' is not a working copy
svn: Can't open file '/.svn/entries': No such file or directory
$ echo $?
1

Campbell

p.s. try to avoid top posting on mailing lists. It makes it more difficult to
follow the chain of replies, especially when viewed online or in digests.

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