Re: how to svn merge of filename with spaces ?

On 07.07.2015 19:58, Zk W wrote:
> Hi All
>
> We have SVN 1.6.
> We like to perform a svn merge on a file where its filename has spaces.
> eg
> Roaming Apple.txt
>
> Is this syntax correct below to svn merge to a working copy ?
> If not, what should it be ?
>
> svn merge -c 12345 "https://mytext.abb.com/app/path/to/Roaming
> Apple.txt" .
>
> using quotes?
>
>
> Right now, we get error
> svn: Unable to parse URL '/svn/app/!svn/bc/12576/path/to/Roaming Apple.txt
> using
> svn merge -c 12345 https://mytext.abb.com/app/path/to/Roaming Apple.txt .
>
> Any help is appreciated.

You have to properly escape spaces (and other special characters) in an
URL. See, for example,

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding

In your case, the URL would be

    https://mytext.abb.com/app/path/to/Roaming%20Apple.txt

-- Brane
Received on 2015-07-07 20:14:42 CEST