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Re: Local modification on checkout?

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:40:54 -0500

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Laird Nelson <ljnelson_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello; we're seeing a local modification being reported on a particular
> file on a clean checkout. We're using svn 1.7.7.
>
> The file in question has the svn:eol-style property set to native.
>
> What I mean by this:
>
> A fresh checkout happens (svn co ...).
>
> Down comes the whole project. So far so good.
>
> Then another part of our build infrastructure does an svn status.
>
> svn status reports that this file is locally modified (M). There are no
> intervening steps. That is, it's checkout, then svn status.
>
> Does automatic eol conversion show up as a local modification in svn
> status output? I can't reproduce this on either a Windows or a Mac. It
> appears to be only on this machine, which, I know, sounds mad.
>
>
Automatic EOL conversions, assuming they're adhering to svn:eol-style,
should not trigger this.

If it happens on only one computer, I'd inspect that machine very
thoroughly for background processes which may be altering files. As well as
the content of the changes - can you find an explanation for the changes
reported by svn diff on that modified file?
Received on 2013-01-17 22:42:10 CET

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