On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Alexander Haley <aha...@meditech.com> wrote: > Greetings all, > > My trouble is that the XML output seems to have changed with the 1.8.0 > subversion library. My interaction with Subversion is via the TortoiseSVN > software. > > (I have never emailed this group - I am completely willing to rephrase my > question and/or pursue additional homework. I did review the open issues, > the Docs, and the FAQ before emailing this. I even rummaged around in both > the TortoiseSVN and the Subversion SVN Logs - to see if I might have > beginner's luck to spot some commit which explained this change, but alas I > didn't find anything fruitful). > > So, using TortoiseSVN 1.7.11 (linked against SVN 1.7.8) , with the command > line utilities installed , from a CMD (dos shell) window , do the following: > > CD\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\Bin > svn status --verbose --xml C:\PATH\TO\REPOSITORY > > then , using TortoiseSVN 1.8.0 (aka linked against SVN 1.8.0) repeat the > test, and compare the xml outputs. For me (on a Win XP 32bit machine), they > differ in a very key fashion: > > "old" xml (just a leading excerpt) > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <status> > <target > path="C:\svnfocus\versions\version8\dev"> > <entry > path="C:\svnfocus\versions\version8\dev"> > ... > ... > > THE KEY bit is the PATH="" parts . notice how they specific a full absolute > path? Then, contrast to the "new" xml output: > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <status> > <target > path="C:\svnfocus\versions\version8\dev"> > <entry > path="..\..\..\svnfocus\versions\version8\dev"> > ... > ... > > > NOW SEE how the target and entry paths differ. The entry path possess > enough ..\ "parent" folder references to "dig out of the" Program > Files\TortoiseSVN\bin path all the way back up to the point from which the > \svnfocus\versions\version8\dev path might be constructed. I've > experimented moving the execution directory around - i.e. executing the svn > command from C:\ or C:\OTHER\FOLDER\PATH , and the ..\..\ changes > accordingly. > > Any advice or followup requests?
This strikes me as a quite strange and unexpected change of behavior. I'm not sure if it was intentional. Since no one responded for a couple of days with the answer to the "intentional" question, I'd say: please file an issue. -- Johan
