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Re: SVN BUG : Lines disappeared after update and check in

From: Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:27:49 +0100

[ please don't top-post, i.e. put your reply at the bottom (or inline)
of the thing you're replying to. I reshuffled a bit below, to make the
ordering more logical for this list. ]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:55 PM, riad benmouhoub
<riad.benmouhoub_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I experienced the following behavior with SVN. The steps i did are
>> > :
>> >
>> > 1- I made changes in a file
>> > 2- updated the file
>> > 3- Checked in the file after the merge succeeded
>> > 4- In the resulting file 6 lines disappeared.
>> >
>> > Is it considered as a bug?
>> > has anyone experienced such a behavior?
>> >
>>
>> If it truly is losing lines that would be a bug.
>>
>> However, what were the merged in changes? Are you sure the merge during
>> the update didn't remove lines?
>>
>> BOb
>>
>>
>> From: riad benmouhoub [mailto:riad.benmouhoub_at_gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 1:41 PM
>> To: Bob Archer
>> Subject: Re: SVN BUG : Lines disappeared after update and check in
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the quick answer.
>>
>>
>>
>> Well the thing is that I didn't perform a tkdiff after the update!!
>>
>>
>>
>> we are working with the following SVN version (I guess it is a bit old!):
>>
>> Subversion command-line client, version 1.6.5.
>>
>>
>>
>> I had this problem two times today after performing each time the same
>> procedure i.e. update then check in
>>
>>
>>
>> Riad
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com> wrote:
>>
>> I would do a diff between the rev that you update to, and the one before
>> that. See if lines were removed. 1.6.5 isn't that old.
>>
>> ( you should reply all so messages go to the list too.)
>>
>>
>>
>> BOb
>
> I did so and the lines are there!
> Riad

I think you need to provide more details, before this can be confirmed
to be a bug. Can you describe precisely what svn commands you
executed? Maybe give a complete example, based on your experience
(feel free to replace file/directory names with dummy example stuff)?

Cheers,

-- 
Johan
Received on 2010-12-21 20:28:47 CET

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