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RE: svn update issues...

From: Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:01:43 -0500

> > Hello,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply! Difference is that before, after doing update
> > or check out with -N, i can do one svn update in the root. Now update
> > in the root starts updating tags.
> >
> > Please note that i have a bunch of projects and doing update for every
> > trunk is tiresome.
> >
> > Reverted to using 1.6.x as client for now. Will test set-depth today.
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Bob Archer
> > Sent: 12/28/2011 9:02
> > To: Pavel Krupets; users_at_subversion.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: svn update issues...
> >
> > > > I have the following "structure":
> > > >
> > > > [+] \
> > > >   [+] tags
> > > >     [+] 2011-01-01 ...
> > > >     [+] ...
> > > >   [+] trunk
> > > >     [+] ...
> > > >
> > > > Before I was able to do:
> > > >
> > > > 1) svn co -N http://me/svn .
> > > > 2) svn update -N tags
> > > > 3) svn update trunk
> > > >
> > > > Then when I decided to update my stuff I just go there and run
> > > > "svn update" and tags folder was ignored. Now I did the same thing
> > > > but when I do
> > > "svn update"
> > > > tags is being updated as well (starts downloading contents, and
> > > > there is a lot of stuff there).
> > > >
> > > > I tried "svn update --depth=empty tags", didn't help. The
> > > > following command hangs svn client forever: "svn update --set-
> depth=empty tags".
> > > >
> > >
> > > I did the following:
> > >
> > > Svn co --depth=empty http://myserver/svn/project project cd project
> > > svn up -- depth=empty tags svn up trunk
> > >
> > > Works fine.
> > >
> > > I have read the --set-depth can take a LONG time in 1.7. So a clean
> > > checkout seems to be the quickest way to do this.
> >
> > Hmm... those commands all got put on one line:
> >
> > Svn co --depth=empty http://myserver/svn/project project
> >
> > cd project
> >
> > svn up --depth=empty tags
> >
> > svn up trunk
> >
>
> > Sorry. Just noticed. Step 3 should be "svn update" no trunk.
>
> (please stop top posting)
>
> Ok... let me break it down:
>
> Svn co --depth=empty http://myserver/svn/project project
>
> Creates the working copy with no folders brought down.
>
> Cd project
>
> Changes you to the project folder as your present working directory.
>
> svn up --depth=empty tags
>
> Adds the tags folder to the working copy with the depth of empty.
>
> Svn up trunk
>
> Adds the trunk folder to the working copy with the depth of infinity.
>
> From that point on you can do an
>
> Svn up
>
> From the root and it will NOT bring in any tags, it will update all of trunk.
>
> If you want to add a tag you can do something like:
>
> Cd project/tags
> Svn up Version1
>
> Which will give you that folder. Then updating from root will update this folder
> as well as trunk.
>
> BOb
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is exactly what I expected to happen. But on my PC "svn update -
> depth=empty tags" gets tags folder but not it's children. When I do "svn update"
> in tags' parent folder, it starts downloading all of the tags' children.
> I used: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/win32svn/1.7.2/Setup-
> Subversion-
> 1.7.2.msi?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fwin32svn%2F&ts=1
> 325094625&use_mirror=superb-sea2
> Sorry about top replying not sure what tools you use to reply.

If you cd into your tags folder and use the command svn info does it show depth set to empty?

Did you use --depth (two dashes) or -depth (one dash?) You need to use two dashes before the switch.

BOb
Received on 2011-12-28 19:02:19 CET

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