Hi All, I ran into some issues with SVN tests for JavaHL, as test WCs end up nested within the branch WC. So I am curious to understand what the official stance is, are nested working copies a supported use case?
If this use case is supported please find below a theoretical problem(s) I mention it in case it does mater to someone, but I am not sure how much this affects real users: If there is a parent folder with .svn folder the nested checkout can fail if the parent folder is inaccessible, corrupt, etc. Example to illustrate: mkdir test cd test svn co http://heimdall-one-click.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/HeimdallOneClick --depth empty . (this could be any valid repo URL) chmod 0 .svn (simulate problem with parent .svn folder) mkdir sub1 cd sub1 svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/branches/javahl-ra --depth empty . Error is raised: svn: E000013: Can't check path '<censored>/test/.svn/wc.db': Permission denied Even though there is unrelated checkout in a child folder, it is affected by state of the parent. IMHO would having the means of telling SVN the boundary after which it should not keep looking for .svn admin folder and/or explicit WC admin folder path parameter be sensible? I could not find any such options in my cursory search. P.S. I noticed this issue in the process of bringing javahl-ra branch up to date with trunk. At some point running make check-javahl caused the working copy to be upgraded and no longer accessible by svn 1.7.7. I know that in later commits auto upgrades got disabled so as soon as I reach them this will be a mute point, but as I mention above, other variation can still occur. Regards, Vladimir
