RE: Use of ssh for authentication?

Hi Doug Thanks for your reply. > Gnome keyring is the normal answer, yes. Once setup it's pretty stable. The issue for us is that I believe Gnome keyring requires a GUI desktop. We want something that works in a terminal ssh session (no desktop). Do you know of a way around this? Would svn+s

Use of ssh for authentication?

problem? Should we use ssh authentication? Bearing in mind that we would only do so for a subset of users. Best regards David David Aldrich | Consultant Engineer | NEC Telecom Modus Ltd | Olympus House, Cleeve Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7SA, GB | t: +44

RE: Repeated mergeinfo changes

Hi Andreas Thanks for your reply. It fixed my problem. Best regards David

Repeated mergeinfo changes

changes. Is there any way I can stop this happening for those files? Best regards David David Aldrich | Consultant Engineer | NEC Telecom Modus Ltd | Olympus House, Cleeve Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7SA, GB | t: +44 (0) 1372 381857 | m: | w: www.nec.com

Re: Reintegration problem

This was a mistake and is fixed now. On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 4:21 PM David Aldrich wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to reintegrate a branch into the trunk. > > I first merged trunk to branch, which was committed at r16824. > > I then merged trunk to branch: > > svn m

Reintegration problem

Hi I am trying to reintegrate a branch into the trunk. I first merged trunk to branch, which was committed at r16824. I then merged trunk to branch: svn merge --reintegrate ^/MyRepo>/branches/MyBranch svn: E160013: '/subversion/MyRepo/!svn/rvr/16824/MyRepo/branches/MyBranch' path not found Wh

Re: svn: E160013: File not found: transaction '41-1j'

Hi Daniel and Nathan Thanks for your replies. The client is svn 1.13.0 The server is 1.14.0 Protocol is http Before the rename I see: $ ls 'Traffic Steering' drafts The svn mv yields: $ svn mv Traffic%20Steering RIC_Initial_Use_Case_Analysis svn: E155010: Path '/home//SVNProj/mnd-ric/Feas

Re: svn: E160013: File not found: transaction '41-1j'

rtman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 10:54 AM David Aldrich > wrote: > > > > I'm trying to rename a directory and I get this error on commit: > > > > Adding TML/RIC_Initial_Use_Case_Analysis > > svn: E155011: Commit failed (details follow): >

svn: E160013: File not found: transaction '41-1j'

I'm trying to rename a directory and I get this error on commit: Adding TML/RIC_Initial_Use_Case_Analysis svn: E155011: Commit failed (details follow): svn: E155011: Directory '//Feasibility Studies/Use Case Analysis/TML/RIC_Initial_Use_Case_Analysis' is out of date svn: E160013: File not

Re: Can I authenticate to Subversion using ssh?

Hi Mark Thanks for your reply - that's very helpful. Best regards David On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 5:45 PM Mark Phippard wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 12:39 PM David Aldrich < > david.aldrich.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Daniel >> >> Thanks for your re

Re: Can I authenticate to Subversion using ssh?

s David On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 10:03 AM Daniel Sahlberg < daniel.l.sahlb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Den tis 19 jan. 2021 kl 10:47 skrev David Aldrich < > david.aldrich.n...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi >> >> We run a Jenkins job that lists the branches and tags of a certa

Can I authenticate to Subversion using ssh?

Hi We run a Jenkins job that lists the branches and tags of a certain svn repository by running 'svn ls'. The command, of course, requires svn authentication and so a password must be provided. Jenkins has a svn plugin which allows it to check out from svn repositories, using stored credentials,

Nested groups in path based authorization?

Does svn path based authorization support nested groups? group_a = fred,jim group_b = jane,@group_a Best regards David

Re: Is it possible to specify an external to the same repository?

> Of course you can use externals that point to the same repository. Even better, you can use 'relative' externals for such cases. Thanks for your answer.

Is it possible to specify an external to the same repository?

Hi In our embedded projects we have a register interface maintained by our HW team and software that uses that register interface maintained by our SW team. As the interface is constantly changing, we want the software source files to reference a fixed version of the interface. In some projects

Re: Reintegration problem

wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 01:09:19PM +0000, David Aldrich wrote: > > Hi Stefan > > > > Thanks for your reply. I am using svn 1.11. > > > > I tried the command you suggested but, although it succeeded, there was > > nothing to commit afterwards. > >

Re: Reintegration problem

Hi Stefan Thanks for your reply. I am using svn 1.11. I tried the command you suggested but, although it succeeded, there was nothing to commit afterwards. best regards David On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 12:58 PM Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 12:31:12PM +0000, David Aldr

Reintegration problem

Hi I have a branch to which I have carefully merged all changes from the trunk over the past year. Today I want to reintegrate the branch into the trunk. When I attempt to do so I get error: Reintegrate can only be used if revisions 8908 through 10479 were previously merged from /trunk to the re

RE: Merge to branch is incomplete - broken mergeinfo?

I've fixed it. I was mistaken, a mergeinfo property was set on the offending, lower-level folder. Deleting that resulted in a complete merge. From: David Aldrich [mailto:david.aldr...@emea.nec.com] Sent: 25 January 2018 10:16 To: 'users@subversion.apache.org' (users@subver

Merge to branch is incomplete - broken mergeinfo?

Hi The merging of one our branches is broken and I would welcome some help to fix it please. One of our developers merged to the branch from trunk, but failed to commit the changes to the top of the branch so the mergeinfo was lost. He also cherry-picked the files, so it was a bit of a mess.

RE: update runs forever

> -Original Message- > From: Daniel Shahaf [mailto:d...@daniel.shahaf.name] > Sent: 08 March 2017 15:44 > To: Johan Corveleyn > Cc: David Aldrich ; > users@subversion.apache.org; Stefan Hett > Subject: Re: update runs forever > > Johan Corveleyn wrote on We

RE: update runs forever

> > >From: Stefan Hett [mailto:ste...@egosoft.com] >Sent: 08 March 2017 10:55 >To: users@subversion.apache.org >Subject: Re: update runs forever > >On 3/8/2017 11:39 AM, David Aldrich wrote: >Hi > >I am running svn 1.9.5 on Windows 10. > >We run many repo

update runs forever

Hi I am running svn 1.9.5 on Windows 10. We run many repos under svn, and they have run fine for years. In the last 24 hours one of our svn repositories has started exhibiting problems. When I run 'svn update' against one of its branches the update does not complete, it hangs. I have tried w

RE: How to maintain a release branch?

merging later? BR David > -Original Message- > From: Stefan Hett [mailto:ste...@egosoft.com] > Sent: 14 November 2016 11:50 > To: users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: How to maintain a release branch? > > Hi David, > On 11/14/2016 11:45 AM, David Aldrich

How to maintain a release branch?

Hi I would be grateful for some advice on how to maintain a release branch. Suppose we create a release branch, finalise the work and make the release. We then maintain fixes for that release on that branch. Q1. As we apply fixes to the release branch, should we also manually apply those fixe

JavaHL: "Not implemented" error in StatusEditor.addAbsent

Hi I just wanted to report that we are affected by this bug and would be grateful if the developers will include Marc Strapetz's patch (submitted on developers mailing list on 11 Dec) in the next Subversion release. Best regards David

RE: A question about Path-Based Authorization in svn

> > Thanks for your answer. So, to be absolutely clear, fred's access is 'rw'? > > Yes. Thanks again, David

RE: A question about Path-Based Authorization in svn

> > groupA = fred > > groupB = fred, jane > > > > [myRepo:/] > > @groupA = rw > > @groupB = r > > > > Is fred's access to myRepo:/ 'rw' or 'r'? > > The user always gets the union of all rights given her by a rule; in other > words, the maximum access rights defined in any entry in a rule. Thanks

A question about Path-Based Authorization in svn

Hi Path-Based Authorization is described here: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.pathbasedauthz.html Having read that description, it is not clear to me what happens in this situation: groupA = fred groupB = fred, jane [myRepo:/] @groupA = rw @groupB = r Is fred's acces

RE: svn_load_dirs.pl is failing with svn error E200009

I think I have fixed this by adding option: -no_auto_exe to the svn_load_dirs command. Best regards David

svn_load_dirs.pl is failing with svn error E200009

Hi I am using perl script svn_load_dirs.pl to commit changes in a vendor library to my repo. I am running the script on Linux (Centos 5). The script reports the following error: svn: E29: Cannot set 'svn:executable' on a directory ('/tmp/svn_load_dirs_ePetHNpzS3/my_import_wc//build/solaris

Correct way to undo commit of a tag?

Hi My most recent commit was the creation of a tag. I want to delete that tag. Should I reverse merge the commit or simply delete the tag? If I do a reverse merge I see a tree conflict: C:\>svn merge -c -69 --- Reverse-merging r69 into '.': C tags\TAG_ --- Recording mergeinfo for reverse

RE: Roadmap update

> Any chance the Roadmap can be updated since Q2 2014 has come and gone?  > I'm sure there's been some functions completed, or nearly complete, > even if 1.9.0 is not ready for production. I would also be interested to know the status of the roadmap. David

Error E175002 on large commit

Hi I am using svn_load_dirs.pl to commit a large vendor library to our svn 1.8 repo. The client is svn v.1.7.9. The script fails when it attempts to commit the files: Transmitting file data svn: E175002: Commit failed (details follow): svn: E175002: PUT of '/subversion//!svn/tx

RE: checkout in several folders

Hi James I suggest you check out from the top but use a 'sparse checkout'. See the manual for what that means. BR David From: James [mailto:oldyounggu...@yahoo.com] Sent: 20 October 2014 14:11 To: users@subversion.apache.org Subject: checkout in several folders I need to check out a big proje

RE: Unexpected merge result

A little more information: It seems that the property change is actually the removal of property svn:mergeinfo. David From: David Aldrich [mailto:david.aldr...@emea.nec.com] Sent: 16 July 2014 16:04 To: 'users@subversion.apache.org' (users@subversion.apache.org) Subject: Unexpe

Unexpected merge result

Hi I am running a svn 1.8.9 client on Windows against a 1.8.9 server. Today I created a new branch from my trunk and made some changes to the branch. I want to merge those changes back to the trunk. The trunk has not been changed since creating the branch. First I did a merge from trunk to bra

How best to use externals for handling sensitive vendor library?

Hi We develop a Visual C++ project that, in one project configuration, uses a small vendor library that is subject to export control. This means that we can't let all developers on the project see that library. Everyone can build with some build configurations but only some developers can bui

RE: How to do a partial merge from branch to trunk?

Hi Bob Understood. Thanks for your reply. David -Original Message- From: Bob Archer [mailto:bob.arc...@amsi.com] Sent: 12 March 2014 14:54 To: David Aldrich; 'users@subversion.apache.org' (users@subversion.apache.org) Subject: RE: How to do a partial merge from branch to tr

How to do a partial merge from branch to trunk?

Hi I am working on a branch and I want to feed some (but not all) of my changes back into the trunk and then to continue work on the branch. Please will someone advise me of the correct way to handle this situation? Best regards David

RE: Recommendation for path-based authorisation auditing tool?

Hi Joseba Thanks for your reply and for making this code contribution. It looks very useful. BTW the link works ok for me. Best regards David > -Original Message- > From: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] > Sent: 30 September 2013 10:57 > To: Joseba Ercilla Olabarri

RE: Recommendation for path-based authorisation auditing tool?

Hi Mark Thanks, that's a very helpful suggestion. Best regards David From: Mark Phippard [mailto:markp...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 September 2013 16:06 To: David Aldrich Cc: 'users@subversion.apache.org' (users@subversion.apache.org) Subject: Re: Recommendation for path-based authori

RE: Recommendation for path-based authorisation auditing tool?

o has access?' to a specified folder. David From: Mark Phippard [mailto:markp...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 September 2013 15:56 To: David Aldrich Cc: 'users@subversion.apache.org' (users@subversion.apache.org) Subject: Re: Recommendation for path-based authorisation auditing tool? On

Recommendation for path-based authorisation auditing tool?

Hi We use path-based authorisation to control access to our svn repositories. The authorisation rules can be quite complex as we apply different authorisations across various branches and directories of our projects. It is quite hard to be sure that the required permissions structure is corre

RE: How to prune old versions of an artefact?

al Message- > From: Cooke, Mark [mailto:mark.co...@siemens.com] > Sent: 15 July 2013 10:50 > To: David Aldrich; 'users@subversion.apache.org' > (users@subversion.apache.org) > Subject: RE: How to prune old versions of an artefact? > > > -Original Message-

How to prune old versions of an artefact?

Hi We are running a svn 1.7 server. One of our repositories contains an artefact that is 4GB. It consists of a set of regression test results that we want to version control. This artefact changes infrequently - say every month or two - but it's enormous size is causing concern for IT Manage

How to fix a merge conflict on a directory?

Hi As a result of merging from trunk to a branch using a 1.7 svn client. Several directories now have conflicts. For example, directory 'Documents' contains dir_conflicts.prej, which contains: Trying to delete property 'svn:mergeinfo' but the local property value is different. <<< (local pr

Help needed: 'History scheduled with commit'

Hi We have just merged a branch into the trunk (reintegration), but have not committed the merge because some files are marked as 'History scheduled with commit'. We don't know what to do about these. A new folder was added to the branch. That folder is marked 'Added' in the merge, but the f

RE: Merging headache

Hi Stefan Thanks very much for your advice, I will take careful note of it. > BTW, I'm curious why you're getting an svn:mergeinfo conflict. > That should never happen if you follow best practices. > Is this common in your environment? If so, it seems people must be doing > something quite wrong,

Merging headache

Hi I am trying to update a branch with changes from the trunk. I am getting tree conflicts that I do not know how to resolve. Please will someone take a look at my console output below and advise me what to do? (For the sake of security, I have sanitised the folder names). BR David C:\SVNPro

RE: Modified (properties only)

> If it is a file, you can AFAIK safely remove the mergeinfo property from the > file . Thanks, it is a file. I have removed the property in the trunk. I then merged the trunk into my branch whereupon I got a conflict for that file. So I just deleted the mergeinfo property in the branch, marke

Modified (properties only)

Hi Whenever we merge to, or reintegrate from, our branches, one particular file is always merged with the comment 'Modified (properties only)'. We seldom change this file. Is there anything I can do to stop this happening? We are running svn 1.6.17. Best regards David

RE: svnsync fails to backup a particular revision of one repository

Hi Daniel Thanks for your reply. We will consider that possibility. BR David > -Original Message- > From: Daniel Shahaf [mailto:danie...@elego.de] > Sent: 26 September 2011 23:51 > To: David Aldrich > Cc: users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: svnsync fails to b

svnsync fails to backup a particular revision of one repository

Hi We have a problem with svnsync. We run: svnsync sync /svn/ periodically to backup our master repositories to an offsite server. For one particular repository, this command fails to sync one particular revision. We see: Copied properties for revision 3125. Transmitting file data .. Co

RE: Any significant memory usage impact with Subversion 1.7 client?

> > I have been asked whether the use of a SQLite-backed database in the > > svn 1.7 client will increase the memory usage of the client > > significantly. We are wondering whether the client has to load the entire > database into memory. > > > > > > > > Can anyone comment on this please? > > I ju

Any significant memory usage impact with Subversion 1.7 client?

Hi I have been asked whether the use of a SQLite-backed database in the svn 1.7 client will increase the memory usage of the client significantly. We are wondering whether the client has to load the entire database into memory. Can anyone comment on this please? Best regards David

RE: Could not read chunk delimiter: Secure connection truncated

> -Original Message- > From: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] > Sent: 18 August 2011 12:12 > To: David Aldrich > Cc: 'users@subversion.apache.org' > Subject: Re: Could not read chunk delimiter: Secure connection truncated > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Could not read chunk delimiter: Secure connection truncated

Hi One of our remote svn users is getting the following error when he attempts to checkout a repo from our svn server: svn: REPORT of '/subversion//!svn/vcc/default': Could not read chunk delimiter: Secure connection truncated () We know that our repo is in good order because checkouts on the

RE: merge --reintegrate crash

> -Original Message- > From: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] > Sent: 19 July 2011 13:31 > To: David Aldrich > Cc: users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: merge --reintegrate crash > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:18:05PM +, David Aldrich wrote: >

RE: merge --reintegrate crash

> Thanks for your reply. Yes, we do have path-based authz rules, but my > account should have no restrictions on the repository in question. I > will check... I have checked. I have full access to the branch and trunk.

RE: merge --reintegrate crash

Hi Stefan > -Original Message- > From: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] > Sent: 19 July 2011 12:54 > To: David Aldrich > Cc: users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: merge --reintegrate crash > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 01:51:58PM +0200, Stefan Sperling

merge --reintegrate crash

Hi When trying to reintegrate a branch into the trunk of my working copy, svn 1.6.17 crashes. The log file reads: Process info: Cmd line: svn merge --reintegrate ^/branches/ Version: 1.6.17 (r1128011), compiled May 30 2011, 20:42:10 Platform: Windows OS version 6.1 build 7601 Service Pack 1

RE: Subversion 1.6.17?

> Ok, the 3rd vote is in, so the fix is all set for being backported. > When 1.6.17 gets made, it should hop along ... Hi Johan Thanks very much for doing this review. Best regards David

RE: Subversion 1.6.17?

> -Original Message- > From: Andreas Tscharner [mailto:andreas.tschar...@metromec.ch] > Sent: 26 April 2011 12:17 > To: David Aldrich; users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: RE: Subversion 1.6.17? > > > I think there was mention on the developers list of releasi

RE: Subversion 1.6.17?

> -Original Message- > From: Andy Levy [mailto:andy.l...@gmail.com] > Sent: 26 April 2011 11:13 > To: David Aldrich > Cc: 'users@subversion.apache.org' (users@subversion.apache.org) > Subject: Re: Subversion 1.6.17? > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 03:

Subversion 1.6.17?

Hi I think there was mention on the developers list of releasing Subversion 1.6.17. I am interested in the improvements to Windows checkout. Any news on this please? Best regards David

RE: "Cannot copy revprops for a revision that has not been synchronized yet."

> Just ignore that particular error? When the cron eventually runs, it will see > the new log message. Of course, thanks. David

"Cannot copy revprops for a revision that has not been synchronized yet."

Hi We maintain a mirrored offsite svn repository for backup purposes. The svnsync process is run every 15 mins by a cron job. We have recently installed a post-revprop-change hook to allow users to change a revision's log message. The hook copies the rev prop change to the mirror: svnsync co

RE: Request for comments on our vendor library structure

Hi Bob > Personally, hard drive space is cheap. I would rather have all the > dependencies for each project in my working copy. Sure, store it once in the > repository and use externals in your projects. Thanks very much for your comments. I prefer your approach and have seriously considered usi

Request for comments on our vendor library structure

Hi We are developing a fairly large application that uses open source libraries. We have one svn repo per application. Currently, the open source libraries are all stored with the application. This is a bad idea because the working copy and repo are now very large. Also, every branch gets a cop

RE: Betr.: RE: Questions about svn:externals

Hi Jan > I've changed my mind, there is something that may be better than > externals, although it requires a little trick. > You should be able to create a commit hook that checks if the authz file > reflects the restrictions you want on a specific folder > (*/thesecretfolder/*) for the branch >

RE: Betr.: RE: Questions about svn:externals

Hi Jan > In the future hopefully an authz file with wildcards will solve the > problem: > http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2662 > > Right now I don't there's anything better than externals. Thanks, I think that this is what we need. However, I can't see this on the svn roadm

RE: Questions about svn:externals

Hi I'd like to explain my high level problem, which I hoped externals would solve. Maybe someone will have a suggestion how to properly address this. Our source code is used by several developer groups. A few files need to be confidential to one group. We can set access permissions on these fil

RE: Questions about svn:externals

Hi Martin and Jan > You mean: not to the repository, where the other repository is linked > into via svn:external? Sorry, I have misunderstood the manual. I thought that commits to a file in the folder that has the svn:external property would not be reflected in the source repo. This is not tru

Questions about svn:externals

Hi I wonder if anyone would answer the following questions about svn:external for me please? 1) Subversion allows you to commit a change within the directory that uses the svn:external property. This change will not be committed to the referenced (source) directory/repo. I can't imagine a circ

RE: An access permissions problem

problem? David -Original Message- From: David Weintraub [mailto:qazw...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 December 2010 15:40 To: David Aldrich Cc: users@subversion.apache.org Subject: Re: An access permissions problem It looks like the, branches, tags, and trunk directories are at the root of your

An access permissions problem

Hi We host each of our projects in a separate svn repo and control access permissions via Apache. In one large project, we need to limit the visibility of a few confidential files. We have done this by specifying something like: [myproj:/trunk/ConfidentialFolder] @myPrivilegedGroup = rw * =

RE: Subversion vs multicore processors

> I doubt if there is a generic answer to that question, but with RHEL6 > recently released, maybe Centos6 will be released soon enough for your > next upgrade and won't be outdated for a while. If you want the > tradeoffs of faster update cycles, the main players are fedora and > ubuntu where fed

RE: Subversion vs multicore processors

Hi With some trepidation ;-) I would like to ask for opinions, somewhat related to this thread. My understanding is that RHEL is intended for servers that must be rock solid e.g. Web servers. In our organisation we run Centos 5 (essentially the same as RHEL 5) on all our Linux development mac

RE: svn forgets authentication password

Hi > In general, the protocol over which the connection is bundled is not a > big performance limit. For moderately used repositories, complex > post-commits doing silly things or doing checkouts to CIFS shares are > such overwhelming performance hits that I've not noticed particular > differences

RE: svn forgets authentication password

Hi Nico > Hard to tell. Did you compile it yourself, or are you using your > distribution's Linux? And have you looked in .subversion for the > authorization file with your password stored in it? Thanks for referring me back to that area. I deleted the existing authorization files and then foun

svn forgets authentication password

Hi I am running svn command line client 1.6.13 on Linux. Recently (possibly since upgrading from 1.6.6 to 1.6.13) I have found that whenever I run: svn up I am prompted for my password. I then choose to save it (unencrypted) but next time around I am prompted for it again. Any idea why this

RE: UTF-16 files and inconsistent line endings

ect: Re: UTF-16 files and inconsistent line endings > > On Thursday 14 October 2010, David Aldrich wrote: > > I am developing with Visual C++ Express 2008 on Windows. I needed to add > > some Japanese characters to a source file, whereupon the editor stored the > > fil

UTF-16 files and inconsistent line endings

Hi I am developing with Visual C++ Express 2008 on Windows. I needed to add some Japanese characters to a source file, whereupon the editor stored the file in UTF-16LE encoding. Subversion (1.6.12) now complains that the file has inconsistent EOL-style. Does Subversion 1.6 support UTF-16LE enc

Getting error: 'Could not read response body: Secure connection truncated'

Hi During long svn operations such as checkout I am often getting the following error: 'svn: REPORT of '/subversion/myproj/!svn/vcc/default': Could not read response body: Secure connection truncated' This is on Windows XP, accessing a repo whose trunk is of size 300MB (12,000 files) approx.

RE: Rolling back some components of a tag

Hi Erik I have now read the cherrypicking section. I think the point to note is that merge is to do with changes, e.g. merge in the changes made in r1823. I was looking to bring a specific version of a file. So, with merge, I would need to work out which range of changes to apply. BR David

RE: Rolling back some components of a tag

changing the revision of one file in a branch, where that revision has not existed in the branch before? David From: Erik Andersson [mailto:kir...@gmail.com] Sent: 19 August 2010 12:51 To: David Aldrich Cc: users@subversion.apache.org Subject: Re: Rolling back some components of a tag Hi I&#

RE: Rolling back some components of a tag

Hi It has been suggested that I use peg revisions to solve this problem. However, I don't understand peg revision syntax. As a test, I created a new text file in the trunk called pegtest.txt and then made changes to it: r1855 commit pegtest.txt ver.1 r1856 commit pegtest.txt ver.2 r1857 com

Rolling back some components of a tag

Hi A colleague needs to modify (or create a new version) of a tag, so that he ends up with a tag identical to the original except for a few source files that are to be rolled back to previous versions. I believe it's not possible to roll back the source files in the tag itself because the tag

RE: Log info for a branch

Hi Ryan and Erik > "svn update" first. That did it, thanks. > log -rHEAD --stop-on-copy TRY_7June2010 That actually gave no entries. Thanks for your help. David

Log info for a branch

Hi I would like to show log information for a branch, to show when the branch was created and when merges from the trunk were committed to the branch. I have successfully used this command: C:\MyProj\branches>svn log --stop-on-copy TRY_7June2010 -

RE: Wanted: pre-commit hook to prevent commits to externals definition

Hi Ryan and Daniel > Right. I don't think the server would be able to tell that a commit came > from a working copy that, on the client side, had been created by an > externals definition. I think it all looks the same to the server so I > don't think such a hook script can be implemented. Thank

Wanted: pre-commit hook to prevent commits to externals definition

Hi Please can anyone point me to an example of a svn pre-commit hook that prevents commits to files that are members of an externals definition? We want to allow such files to be committed only from within the external directory, i.e. where they originate from. Best regards David

RE: Is svn branching too difficult?

Hi Erik > Merging was much cleaner when we were > disciplined about always committing and merging from the top of a branch. Yes, I am aware of that good practice and followed it but I still got the files with modified properties. I have reverted them now but I guess the changed property was mer

RE: Is svn branching too difficult?

Hi Thanks for your replies. Perhaps I should have been more careful in what I wrote. Svn branching is easy. It is the results of merge tracking that can be confusing. It's good to hear from Mark that this problem is being addressed. I think I shall wait until the next release before recommendi

Is svn branching too difficult?

Hi I have just finished working on a branch and have performed a reintegrate merge back into the trunk. I only worked on 4 files in the branch and I carefully merged from trunk to branch several times (including immediately prior to the reintegration). The reintegration correctly identified th

RE: What does "Repository moved temporarily " mean?

Hi Chris, Yes we do go through a proxy, so maybe your explanation is correct. I haven't tried running it twice in a row but, since it's an invalid command, I am not sure that that would make much difference. BR David

What does "Repository moved temporarily " mean?

Hi One of our users tried to copy between repositories and got error: "svn: Repository moved temporarily to 'https://[snip] please relocate" We understand that such copying is disallowed, but please will someone explain what "Repository moved temporarily" means in this context? Is it possible

RE: svn update on a tag question

Hi Giulio > When you use the update command you simply bring down the changes done > into that directory. If you specify a revision you bring down the changes > upt to that revision. Thanks. I think that is the crucial point, that the update works on the directory in question. Tags had no change

svn update on a tag question

Hi One of our users asked me a question this morning that revealed that I don't fully understand revision numbering in svn. So I would like to ask for explanation please. With the trunk at revision n, he created a tag using svn copy -r HEAD. So I guess the tag was at then at revision n+1. H

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