Hi, I'm seeing what appears to me to be inconsistent or undocumented behavior when using the --targets option of svndumpfilter. If I want to remove a given path, the following works as expected: $ svndumpfilter exclude --drop-empty-revs path/to/delete < in > out
This also works: $ cat > foo path/to/delete $ svndumpfilter exclude --drop-empty-revs `cat foo` < in > out However, if I use the same file with the --targets option, the specified path is not deleted: $ svndumpfilter exclude --drop-empty-revs --targets foo < in > out After some experimentation, I discovered that when using the --targets option, the leading slash on the path is required. This works: $ cat > foo /path/to/delete $ svndumpfilter exclude --drop-empty-revs --targets foo < in > out If the requirement for the leading slash is the intended behavior, it would be helpful if this were documented. I didn't see any mention of it in my searches. As a side note, the documentation for svndumpfilter isn't clear as to the preferred position for options. svndumpfilter exclude PATH_PREFIX... Should they appear before or after the subcommand? They appear to work in either position. I'm using svndumpfilter version 1.6.11 (r934486) from CentOS 5.8. thanks, galen -- Galen Seitz gal...@seitzassoc.com
