Re: Quick question about "svn switch"

[Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>]

Martin Ayotte <ma...@videotron.ca> writes:

> - If an repository URL is changed (or even better : it is moved on an other
> server), the clients only need to use "svn switch" to make their working
> copies switched to the new URL, right ?

Nope, 'svn switch' tells the server to compare two trees.  The two
trees need to be in the *same* repository.  There's no cross
repository-communication (yet).

> In my case, I've just change the path portion of the URL and is seems to
> fail ... Did I missed something ?

Yes.  'svn switch' requires that both URLs are accessible, so the
server can compare them.  By "both urls", I mean (1) the URL that your
working copy currently reflects, and (2) the URL you want to switch
to.

What you want is 'svn switch --relocate'.  That feature doesn't cause
any trees to be compared;  it just rewrites the URLs within your
working copy.

> Is the "switch" command only use for moving from branch to branch ?

At the moment, yes.  :-)


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RE: Quick question about "svn switch"

[Martin Ayotte <ma...@videotron.ca>]

"--relocate" ? ... it work (probably I used it wrong the first time I've
tried)

Thanks a lot, Ben !

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sussman@collab.net [mailto:sussman@collab.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 6:15 PM
> To: martinay@videotron.ca
> Cc: dev@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Quick question about "svn switch"
>
>
> Martin Ayotte <ma...@videotron.ca> writes:
>
> > - If an repository URL is changed (or even better : it is
> moved on an other
> > server), the clients only need to use "svn switch" to make
> their working
> > copies switched to the new URL, right ?
>
> Nope, 'svn switch' tells the server to compare two trees.  The two
> trees need to be in the *same* repository.  There's no cross
> repository-communication (yet).
>
> > In my case, I've just change the path portion of the URL
> and is seems to
> > fail ... Did I missed something ?
>
> Yes.  'svn switch' requires that both URLs are accessible, so the
> server can compare them.  By "both urls", I mean (1) the URL that your
> working copy currently reflects, and (2) the URL you want to switch
> to.
>
> What you want is 'svn switch --relocate'.  That feature doesn't cause
> any trees to be compared;  it just rewrites the URLs within your
> working copy.
>
> > Is the "switch" command only use for moving from branch to branch ?
>
> At the moment, yes.  :-)
>


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