You don't need a wq item to just update the db. Wq items are to keep the wc and db synchronized. To keep the db itself synchronized we have sqlite transactions
Bert Huijben (Cell phone) From: Julian Foad Sent: 8-12-2012 2:18 To: Subversion Development Cc: Ben Reser; Philip Martin Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rough cut at update-move support for properties In r1418585 I committed a much better version of this, and a test which passes. It's still not right -- it's putting the props into the DB immediately, whereas it should be adding another work item to the work queue instead -- but it's a start. - Julian >> Julian Foad wrote: >>> I'm just posting this so you (Philip et el.) can take a look if you >>> want to. I might proceed by extending the tests to check props and >>> then committing it if it works, but really I want to factor it better >>> -- maybe by reusing svn_wc_merge5() or the guts thereof, sooner or > later.