On 24.12.2012 03:35, Vladimir Berezniker wrote: > 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.
I believe this is a known problem, and AFAICR it's related to how externals are handled -- each externals directory has its own .svn admin dir, which confuses the search for the working copy root. -- Brane -- Branko Čibej Director of Subversion | WANdisco | www.wandisco.com
