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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Frans Englich <fr...@telia.com> on 2005/06/15 14:46:50 UTC
Usability: misleading message when switching to a foreign repository
Hi,
Re: Usability: misleading message when switching to a foreign repository
Posted by kf...@collab.net.
Frans Englich <fr...@telia.com> writes:
> > I think filing an enhancement request would be a good idea, yes. Can
> > you make sure to point to this thread, and refer to "issue #937"?
>
> And so is done:
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2337
Thank you!
-Karl
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Re: Usability: misleading message when switching to a foreign repository
Posted by Frans Englich <fr...@telia.com>.
On Thursday 16 June 2005 19:09, kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Frans Englich <fr...@telia.com> writes:
> > From what I understand, SVN does not support switching a part of a
> > working directory to a repository different from the current working
> > directory. When one attempts to do, one gets this message:
> >
> > (svn switch file:///myRepository myWorkingDir)
> > svn: No such revision 425753
> >
> > A user-oriented message would be productive. From the top of my head, I
> > suggest a message such as:
> >
> > SVN does not support switching a working copy to a respository other than
> > the current working copy's repository.
> >
> > (Should I file a bug?)
> >
> > Of course, the possibility to switch across repositories is of high
> > interest.
>
> This is related to the solution to
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=937
>
> although they're not exactly the same problem.
>
> I think filing an enhancement request would be a good idea, yes. Can
> you make sure to point to this thread, and refer to "issue #937"?
And so is done:
http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2337
Cheers,
Frans
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Re: Usability: misleading message when switching to a foreign repository
Posted by kf...@collab.net.
Frans Englich <fr...@telia.com> writes:
> From what I understand, SVN does not support switching a part of a working
> directory to a repository different from the current working directory. When
> one attempts to do, one gets this message:
>
> (svn switch file:///myRepository myWorkingDir)
> svn: No such revision 425753
>
> A user-oriented message would be productive. From the top of my head, I
> suggest a message such as:
>
> SVN does not support switching a working copy to a respository other than the
> current working copy's repository.
>
> (Should I file a bug?)
>
> Of course, the possibility to switch across repositories is of high interest.
This is related to the solution to
http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=937
although they're not exactly the same problem.
I think filing an enhancement request would be a good idea, yes. Can
you make sure to point to this thread, and refer to "issue #937"?
Thanks,
-Karl
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