svn cat -r Bug in 1.3.1?

["T. Wassermann" <ma...@tobias-wassermann.de>]

Hi,

i've got a little problem with the revision-option (-r // --revision) 
using svn cat.

There is a little test repository with this history:

- in revision 2 i've added two files: test1.txt and test2.txt
- in revision 3 i've removed test2.txt
- in revision 4 i've modified test1.txt

Now i would do this: Get the content of test2.txt in revision 2 - 
without any checkout of this file. So i'll use svn cat - exactly:

svn cat -r 2 svn://..../test2.txt

So this should return the content of test2.txt-file in revision 2 - but 
i only get the error message:

svn: File not found: Revision 4, path '/test2.txt'

I've told svn cat, i want to get the revision 2 content - but it will 
deliver the revision 4 (HEAD) to me (and test2.txt is not available in 
this version...)

If i use

svn cat svn://..../test2.txt@2

it works correct - and i get the file in correct version.

Is this a known "feature"?

Best regards


Tobias

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Re: svn cat -r Bug in 1.3.1?

[Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>]

On Jun 2, 2006, at 09:53, T. Wassermann wrote:

> i've got a little problem with the revision-option (-r // -- 
> revision) using svn cat.
>
> There is a little test repository with this history:
>
> - in revision 2 i've added two files: test1.txt and test2.txt
> - in revision 3 i've removed test2.txt
> - in revision 4 i've modified test1.txt
>
> Now i would do this: Get the content of test2.txt in revision 2 -  
> without any checkout of this file. So i'll use svn cat - exactly:
>
> svn cat -r 2 svn://..../test2.txt
>
> So this should return the content of test2.txt-file in revision 2 -  
> but i only get the error message:
>
> svn: File not found: Revision 4, path '/test2.txt'
>
> I've told svn cat, i want to get the revision 2 content - but it  
> will deliver the revision 4 (HEAD) to me (and test2.txt is not  
> available in this version...)
>
> If i use
>
> svn cat svn://..../test2.txt@2
>
> it works correct - and i get the file in correct version.
>
> Is this a known "feature"?

Yes. You've discovered exactly how Subversion is designed to work,  
and what the difference is between a peg revision and an operative  
revision. You can read more about it in the book:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.2/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html


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