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Posted to dev@subversion.apache.org by Michael Schmitt <sc...@TI.Uni-Trier.DE> on 2003/06/13 11:46:24 UTC
Misleading error message
Hello,
when I saw the following message for the very first time, I thought that
I ran a command that is only partially supported by subversion ("no
warranty").
svn: Attempting restricted operation for modified resource
svn: Use --force to override this restriction
svn: Pass --force to override this restriction
svn: 'Trash' has local modifications
Would it be possible to replace the term "restriction" by a clearer
description or clarify in which sense this is a restricted operation? I
know what the intention of this message is but it is not really intuitive.
Michael
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Re: Misleading error message
Posted by Michael Schmitt <sc...@TI.Uni-Trier.DE>.
On 13 Jun 2003 kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Michael Schmitt <sc...@TI.Uni-Trier.DE> writes:
> > when I saw the following message for the very first time, I thought
> > that I ran a command that is only partially supported by subversion
> > ("no warranty").
> >
> > svn: Attempting restricted operation for modified resource
> > svn: Use --force to override this restriction
> > svn: Pass --force to override this restriction
> > svn: 'Trash' has local modifications
> >
> > Would it be possible to replace the term "restriction" by a clearer
> > description or clarify in which sense this is a restricted operation?
> > I know what the intention of this message is but it is not really
> > intuitive.
>
> "ran a command"... What command did you run? :-)
I added a new directory and tried to rename it before I committed it. IIRC
there are other cases where you have to use --force to tell subversion
that you _really_ want to execute a particular command. This feature is
very useful but the term "restriction" is rather confusing in this
context.
Michael
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Re: Misleading error message
Posted by kf...@collab.net.
Michael Schmitt <sc...@TI.Uni-Trier.DE> writes:
> when I saw the following message for the very first time, I thought
> that I ran a command that is only partially supported by subversion
> ("no warranty").
>
> svn: Attempting restricted operation for modified resource
> svn: Use --force to override this restriction
> svn: Pass --force to override this restriction
> svn: 'Trash' has local modifications
>
> Would it be possible to replace the term "restriction" by a clearer
> description or clarify in which sense this is a restricted operation?
> I know what the intention of this message is but it is not really
> intuitive.
"ran a command"... What command did you run? :-)
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