With current trunk: [[[ % svn co file://$PWD/r --compatible-version=1.16 svn: warning: apr_err=SVN_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE svn: warning: W200007: Cannot create working copies for version 1.16 svn: warning: apr_err=SVN_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE svn: warning: W200007: Creating working copy version 1.15 instead Checked out revision 0. % ]]]
I expected this to error out hard, since we can't create 1.16-format wc's. (If pristines-on-demand is merged, 1.15 will use f32 but 1.16 may use f33.) Compare: [[[ % svnadmin create --compatible-version=1.16 r ./subversion/svnadmin/svnadmin.c:3213: (apr_err=SVN_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE) svnadmin: E200007: Cannot guarantee compatibility beyond the current running version (1.15.0) zsh: exit 1 svnadmin create --compatible-version=1.16 r ]]] Cheers, Daniel