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Re: svnversion documentation bug in the redbook?

From: Mat Booth <mat.booth_at_wandisco.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:22:18 +0000

On 10 January 2012 11:16, Markus Schaber <m.schaber_at_3s-software.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svnversion.re.html states:
>
>> If invoked on a directory that is not a working copy, svnversion assumes
>> it is an exported working copy and prints "exported":
>>
>> $ svnversion
>> exported
>
> However, calling svnversion.exe 1.7.2 (r1207936), installed by the TortoiseSVN 64 Bit installer, outputs the message "Unversioned directory":
>
>> D:\>svnversion
>> Unversioned directory
>
> I did not test with older svn versions, as I have no older version available here right now, but this may be either a documentation bug or inaccuracy, or it also might be an incompatible change which is likely to break some scripts relying on the documented behaviour.
>
> Best regards
>
> Markus Schaber
> --

I believe you can report problems with the book here:
http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/issues/list

-- 
Regards,
Mat Booth
Software Engineer
WANdisco, Inc.
http://www.wandisco.com
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