Hi,
Well, I don't know how often this situation can be seen, so it is up to
you (SVN developers) to decide what to do (I just signaled the issue).
Regards,
Florin
On 05.04.2013 17:41, Stefan Sperling wrote:
On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 05:12:10PM +0300, Syncro SVN Client Support wrote:
Hi,
I found that you can delete external files with SVN 1.7, which
should not be allowed. Below are some test I've done with SVN 1.6
and SVN 1.7 over external files and directories.
*I.**external file*
*1.**SVN 1.6* - neither "svn delete external.txt" or "svn delete
--keep-local external.txt" work (which is fine, according with the
SVN Book).
svn: E155030: Cannot remove the file external at 'external.txt';
please propedit or propdel the svn:externals description that
created itII. external dir
*2**. SVN 1.7.8* - "svn delete external.txt" throws same error (OK).
But, "svn delete --keep-local" works, file is removed and the
EXTERNAL status is lost.
svn delete --keep-local external.txt
D external.txt
svn status external.txt
D external.txt
svn status . (on parent directory)
D external.txt
svn commit -m "test" external.txt
Deleting external.txt
Committed revision 3128.
*
**II**.**external dir*
SVN 1.6.17 allows deleting external directories, but SVN 1.7 denies
deletion of external directories (an error like "cannot delete the
root of a working copy").
In the end, I assume "svn delete" should not work for an external
item, ignoring the SVN version, the item type (file or dir) and any
option for delete (like --force or --keep-local), no?
Regards,
Florin
Yes, I agree.
The trunk code had the same issue, but with slightly different output.
Fixed in http://svn.apache.org/r1464992
Do you think this is an important enough issue to warrant a backport to 1.7?
