Re: Detect incompatible (future) workingcopy format.

On 5/13/11 7:30 AM, Erik Huelsmann wrote:
>
>>
>> What is the safest future-compatible way to check for an incompatible /
>> unknown working copy format which was written by a future subversion
>> version? (e. G. WC-NG by SVN 1.7?)
>>
>> My idea was to run status with depth=empty on the workingcopy root, and
>> check for SVN_ERR_WC_UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT error code.
>>
>> Is there a function specifically designed for this purpose?
>
> No. The current library functions are forward compatible for the
> entire 1.x range. The working copy storage is considered to be an
> internal artifact, meaning you're supposed to use the libraries (e.g.
> through the python bindings) to access the working copy data.

Doesn't that assume that there is only one version of the library that can
access a working copy location or at least that the versions only go forward
over time? There are a large number of ways that assumption can be wrong.

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