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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:32:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Whitaker <capnwhit@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Creating sparse working copy retroactively from existing disjoint
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> From: Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel@gmail.com>=0A> Sent: Thursday, August 16, =
2012 2:38 AM=0A>=0A> [ snip ]=0A>=0A> Can you try:=0A>=0A> $ svn update --d=
epth immediates /svn-test/mom/daughter=0A>=0A> That might connect granddaug=
hter1 to daughter, with an E notification.=0A> It might also pull in other =
siblings of granddaughter1 of course, but=0A> only the directories themselv=
es, not the entire subtrees.=0A>=0A=0AHello Johan,=0A=0AThanks for the repl=
y... I tried using "immediates" but it did not work...=0AI tried using both=
 "--depth" and "--set-depth" with different results but =0Aneither worked. =
I have two copy-and-pasted sessions below. The first one=0Atries using "imm=
ediates", and the second is another "hack" which fools svn =0Ainto checking=
 out the directory.=0A=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0ASESSION #1: (usin=
g immediates)=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0AThe following is a copy-an=
d-pasted svn session which tries to solve=0Aour problem using the "immediat=
es" option:=0A=0A---o---=0A$ # Confirm "svn status" does not recognize "gra=
nddaughter1"=0A=0A$ svn status /svn-test-2/mom/=0A?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 /svn-=
test-2/mom/daughter/granddaughter1=0A=0A$ # Try Johan's suggestion=0A=0A$ s=
vn update --depth immediates /svn-test-2/mom/daughter=0AAt revision 85801.=
=0A=0A$ svn status /svn-test-2/mom/=0A?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-2/mom/d=
aughter/granddaughter1=0A=0A$ # Ooops... the "svn status" command still fai=
ls as shown above=0A=0A$ # Now try --set-depth=0A=0A$ svn update --set-dept=
h immediates /svn-test-2/mom/daughter=0Asvn: Failed to add directory '/svn-=
test-2/mom/daughter/granddaughter1': =0Aa versioned directory of the same n=
ame already exists=0A=0A$ # Now try --set-depth with --force flag=0A=0A$ sv=
n update --set-depth immediates --force /svn-test-2/mom/daughter=0Asvn: Fai=
led to add directory '/svn-test-2/mom/daughter/granddaughter1': =0Aa versio=
ned directory of the same name already exists=0A=0A$ # NOTE 1: svn recogniz=
es "granddaughter1" is versioned=0A=0A$ # NOTE 2: svn still fails to connec=
t to "daughter"=0A=0A$ # NOTE 3: We still have a problem!=0A---o---=0A=0A=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0ASESSION #2: (using hack to fool svn)=0A=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0AThe following is a copy-and-pasted svn sessio=
n which solves=0Aour problem using a "hack" to fool svn... it would be nice=
 to=0Ahave an "official" way of fixing this problem:=0A=0A---o---=0A$ # Mad=
e some local changes to "granddaughter1" as a test=0A=0A$ svn status /svn-t=
est-3/mom/daughter/granddaughter1=0A?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-3/mom/dau=
ghter/granddaughter1/bunny3.txt=0AM=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-3/mom/daugh=
ter/granddaughter1/bunny2.txt=0A=0A$ # Confirm "daughter" still not linked =
to "granddaughter1"=0A=0A$ svn status /svn-test-3/mom/daughter=0A?=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-3/mom/daughter/granddaughter1=0A=0A$ # Move "granddaugh=
ter1" directory to fool svn=0A=0A$ mv /svn-test-3/mom/daughter/granddaughte=
r1 /svn-test-3/=0A=0A$ svn status /svn-test-3/mom/daughter=0A=0A$ # The "da=
ughter" directory is now OK as shown by "svn status" above=0A=0A$ # The "da=
ughter" directory is empty because we moved "granddaughter1"=0A=0A$ ls -al =
/svn-test-3/mom/daughter/=0Atotal 4=0Adrwxr-xr-x+ 1 capnwhit Domain Users 0=
 Aug 16 10:59 .=0Adrwxr-xr-x+ 1 capnwhit Domain Users 0 Aug 16 10:17 ..=0Ad=
rwxr-xr-x+ 1 capnwhit Domain Users 0 Aug 16 10:22 .svn=0A=0A$ # Now repeat =
STEP 10 in original email with "--depth infinity"=0A=0A$ svn update --depth=
 infinity /svn-test-3/mom/daughter/granddaughter1=0AA=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-3/=
mom/daughter/granddaughter1=0AA=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-3/mom/daughter/granddaug=
hter1/bunny1.txt=0AA=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-3/mom/daughter/granddaughter1/bunny=
2.txt=0AUpdated to revision 85801.=0A=0A$ # It works as expected=0A=0A$ # T=
he "daughter" and "granddaughter1" are now connected=0A=0A$ svn status /svn=
-test-3/mom/daughter=0A=0A$ # Now we remove the recently added "granddaught=
er1"=0A=0A$ rm -rf /svn-test-3/mom/daughter/granddaughter1/=0A=0A$ # Verify=
 that svn recognizes missing directory=0A=0A$ svn status /svn-test-3/mom=0A=
!=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-3/mom/daughter/granddaughter1=0A=0A$ # Now we=
 move back the safe "granddaughter1"=0A=0A$ mv /svn-test-3/granddaughter1/ =
/svn-test-3/mom/daughter/=0A=0A$ # Now svn recognizes the original "grandda=
ughter1"=0A=0A$ svn status /svn-test-3/mom=0A?=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-=
3/mom/daughter/granddaughter1/bunny3.txt=0AM=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 /svn-test-3/=
mom/daughter/granddaughter1/bunny2.txt=0A=0A$ # NOTE 1: We can "hack" svn i=
nto connecting "granddaughter1"=0A=0A$ # NOTE 2: It would be nice to have a=
n official way to do this=0A---o---