----- Original Message ----- > From: Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 10:03 AM > > % mkdir d > % cd d > % mkdir notes notes/commit-access-templates > % svn co -q > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/commit-access-templates/ > notes/commit-access-templates/ > % svn co -q --force http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/ ./ > > I don't have a recent build to test with (and the behaviour might have > changed at some point), but the above is what I try first. > > Does that answer your question? >
Hello Daniel, Thanks for the reply. I am running 1.6.17 and the above sequence of commands did not work. The second "checkout" failed even with the --force flag. I show a copy-and-pasted session below showing my failed attempt. Even if the second "checkout" had succeeded, it would have just created a full checkout of the tree under "trunk" but what I was interested in originally was in creating a "sparse" checkout (not a "full" checkout). I am still curious if a sparse checkout is possible retroactively, so if you have any further insights I would appreciate further comments. The example I showed in my original post is _VERY_ easy to reproduce in your own repository locally if you want to play around and test possible solutions. For completeness of the archive, I show my failed copy-and-pasted session below. ======================= COPY-AND-PASTED SESSION ======================= ---o--- $ # Show my current directory $ pwd /svn-temp $ # Directory is empty as shown by "find" below $ find . $ # Try suggested commands, starting with mkdir $ mkdir d $ cd d $ mkdir notes notes/commit-access-templates $ svn co -q http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/commit-access-templates/ notes/commit-access-templates/ $ # So far so good... first checkout successful as shown by "find" below $ find . ./notes ./notes/commit-access-templates ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/all-wcprops ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/entries ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/prop-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/prop-base/contrib-committer.tmpl.svn-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/prop-base/full-committer.tmpl.svn-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/prop-base/partial-committer.tmpl.svn-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/prop-base/pmc-member.tmpl.svn-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/props ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/text-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/text-base/contrib-committer.tmpl.svn-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/text-base/full-committer.tmpl.svn-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/text-base/partial-committer.tmpl.svn-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/text-base/pmc-member.tmpl.svn-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/tmp ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/tmp/prop-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/tmp/props ./notes/commit-access-templates/.svn/tmp/text-base ./notes/commit-access-templates/contrib-committer.tmpl ./notes/commit-access-templates/full-committer.tmpl ./notes/commit-access-templates/partial-committer.tmpl ./notes/commit-access-templates/pmc-member.tmpl $ # Now we try second "checkout" command $ svn co -q --force http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/ ./ svn: Failed to add directory 'notes/commit-access-templates': a versioned directory of the same name already exists $ # Whooops... command failed even with --force flag $ svn --version --quiet 1.6.17 $ ---o---
