Aw: Re: Checkout hangs on invalid external URL

Hello,

> > On Nov 10, 2015, at 7:46 AM, svn_at_alagazam.net wrote:
> >> We moved our repository to a new server, but didn't update the svn:externals properties everywhere.
[...]
> > See the section beginning "Also, absolute URLs can cause problems":
> >
> > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.externals.html
[...]
> The main problem right now is people trying to checkout/update a path
> with a invalid external doesn't wait long enough to get the error.
> Also TortoiseSVN repository browser hangs when trying to browse to a
> folder with an invalid external (probably also for about 5 minutes,
> hasn't checked).

And every time this happens I wonder why anyone would choose to expose himself to the problem of "changing URLs when moving to a different server". Cool URIs don't change: http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html

Any administrator worth his salt will configure a service name, e.g. svn.example.com, and move this between hosts as required.

> Seems like a bug to me.

As far as one would expect a timeout error to be marshalled to the user in less than 5 minutes - agree.

Andreas
Received on 2015-11-12 09:56:04 CET