I think I have found a sequence of commits to SVN that cannot be replayed in a workspace.
I was trying to change a file into a link, and made some mistakes in the process. These mistakes caused svnpubsub to leave the workspace incorrectly updated. [Svnpubsub uses svn switch to change the workspace.] I have since found that the same sequence of events cannot be replayed using svn update either, though the errors occur in a different way. To reproduce the problem, start as follows: svn co http://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/commons/dbcp/@4582 Then apply the following revisions in order: 4583 4586 4588 4592 4593 4599 This can be done with svn switch (as done by svnpubsub) or using svn update -r The resulting workspace should be the same as if one had invoked the following: svn co http://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/commons/dbcp/@4599 But the process results in conflicts in the workspace. I assume this is due to the use of svn:special and the link feature. I would expect to be able to replay any sequence of updates so long as they are done in the correct order. But in this case some of the intermediate steps cause conflicts in the workspace. This was tested (on minotaur) with svn, version 1.7.9 (r1462340) See also INFRA-7429
