I noticed that when you svn copy a directory (like for branching and
tagging) the 'Last Changed Rev' in svn info only moves forward on the
root of the copy and not every file. The most recent revision in svn log
will show up as the copy revision though. Shouldn't the 'Last Changed
Rev' on a path always be the same as the most recent revision shown in
svn log for the same path?
I noticed this on svn 1.4.2, but it shows up in 1.6.9 as well.
Here is an example from svn 1.6.9 operating with a local repository, but
I originally noticed this on svn 1.4.2 with the svn+ssh protocol.
$ svn copy -m "test branch" file:///tmp/svn-repo/trunk
file:///tmp/svn-repo/branches/mine
Committed revision 5.
SVN info on the root of the copy shows the expected information:
$ svn info file:///tmp/svn-repo/branches/mine
Path: mine
URL: file:///tmp/svn-repo/branches/mine
Repository Root: file:///tmp/svn-repo
Repository UUID: f5a3ca28-02f1-438b-b454-8e94791581c1
Revision: 5
Node Kind: directory
Last Changed Author: jadevree
Last Changed Rev: 5
Last Changed Date: 2010-03-29 13:43:06 -0400 (Mon, 29 Mar 2010)
But SVN info on the file that got copied with the branch is wrong:
$ svn info file:///tmp/svn-repo/branches/mine/file
Path: file
Name: file
URL: file:///tmp/svn-repo/branches/mine/file
Repository Root: file:///tmp/svn-repo
Repository UUID: f5a3ca28-02f1-438b-b454-8e94791581c1
Revision: 5
Node Kind: file
Last Changed Author: jadevree
Last Changed Rev: 2
Last Changed Date: 2010-03-29 13:40:30 -0400 (Mon, 29 Mar 2010)
SVN log shows revision 5 as the most recent:
$ svn log file:///tmp/svn-repo/branches/mine/file
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r5 | jadevree | 2010-03-29 13:43:06 -0400 (Mon, 29 Mar 2010) | 1 line
test branch
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r2 | jadevree | 2010-03-29 13:40:30 -0400 (Mon, 29 Mar 2010) | 1 line
foo
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interestingly enough, this doesn't happen if you do a local copy +
commit instead of a server side copy. Having peeked at the fsfs revision
files, it seems the two types of copies are represented quite a bit
differently internally.
$ svn copy trunk branches/bar
A branches/bar
$ svn commit -m "bar"
Adding branches/bar
Adding branches/bar/file
Committed revision 3.
$ svn info file:///tmp/svn-repo/branches/bar/file
Path: file
Name: file
URL: file:///tmp/svn-repo/branches/bar/file
Repository Root: file:///tmp/svn-repo
Repository UUID: f5a3ca28-02f1-438b-b454-8e94791581c1
Revision: 3
Node Kind: file
Last Changed Author: jadevree
Last Changed Rev: 3
Last Changed Date: 2010-03-29 13:40:53 -0400 (Mon, 29 Mar 2010)
--
Jon
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