Hi Daniel, thanks for the explanation.
I don't understand the part with the recursion: The mergeinfo is stored in the property svn:mergeinfo in the directory. When I copy this directory from WC to a new directory in WC, will the property svn:mergeinfo be set in the copy? Thanks. Paul. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Daniel Shahaf [mailto:d...@daniel.shahaf.name] > Gesendet: Samstag, 27. November 2010 08:49 > An: Paul Maier > Cc: users@subversion.apache.org > Betreff: Re: What is the scenario for this warning? > > I think the problem is: if a file inherits mergeinfo from somewhere > above the wc root, then that mergeinfo won't be preserved in the copy > target. > > In other words, svn will recurse to find a parent/ancestor from which > mergeinfo is inherited only up to the wc root, but won't > connect to the > repository to investigate whether mergeinfo is inherited from > a parent/ancestor of the wc root. So, typically, this should only be > a concern if you're working in a wc whose root is not a branch root. > > (I have a feeling this wasn't quite clear at all...) > > Daniel > > > Paul Maier wrote on Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 01:30:09 +0100: > > Hello! > > > > I'm used to "svn cp" within the same WC, everything seems > to work fine. > > I just read this warning and now I wonder if this is > relevant for my use case. > > > > svn help cp > > [...] > > WARNING: For compatibility with previous versions of Subversion, > > copies performed using two working copy paths (WC -> WC) will not > > contact the repository. As such, they may not, by default, be able > > to propagate merge tracking information from the source of the copy > > to the destination. > > > > Thanks! > > Paul > >
