[jira] [Updated] (SVN-4890) forbid upgrading an external WC to mismatch its parent WC format

["Daniel Shahaf (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-4890?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Daniel Shahaf updated SVN-4890:
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    Component/s: libsvn_wc

> forbid upgrading an external WC to mismatch its parent WC format
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>
>                 Key: SVN-4890
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-4890
>             Project: Subversion
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: libsvn_wc
>            Reporter: Julian Foad
>            Priority: Major
>              Labels: api
>
> Daniel Shahaf wrote, in dev@ email "multi-wc-format: upgrading externals" (https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-dev/202202.mbox/%3C20220219144836.GA2817%40tarpaulin.shahaf.local2%3E):
> multi-wc-format/BRANCH-README mentioned this:
> > [*] New externals working copies must inherit the format from their
> > parent working copy, because mixed-format working copies are a) a
> > Bad Thing, and b) defeat the purpose of this feature, which is
> > support for multiple versions of the client in the same working
> > copy.
> Upgrading a parent working copy upgrades external wc's too. However,
> upgrading an external succeeds. Judging by the quoted remark, should
> «svn upgrade --compatible-version=$N /path/to/external» error out unless
> the external's parent working copy is already at version $V?



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