On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 03:57:14PM +0100, nkr...@gmx.de wrote: > Hello, > > used subversion version: > svn, version 1.6.16 > > Problem: > svn propset fixlog '-r HEAD:23384' . > > Returned error: > svn: Syntax error in revision argument ' HEAD:23384' > > > The problem is the first charcter of the property value '-'. It > seems that the hyphen '-' is taken as a subversion parameter. When I > insert a blank as first charcter of the property value (before the > hyphen), it works. Is it a subversion error? How can I set a > property value, which has a hyphen as first character value? > > Thank you!
You have to tell the option parser to stop looking for more options. Try inserting -- like this: svn propset -- fixlog '-r HEAD:23384' .
