[Bug] svn export -r <rev> of single file fails if there is a newer revision available than the exported one

Bert Huijben

2017-02-16 14:15:20 UTC

The -r123 and @123 functions have completely different behavior.

The @ syntax looks up the url as it was in in revision r123 and fetches the file from there

The -r checks the path as it currently exists, back to the path it had in revision 123âŠ following copies, renames, etc.

(Note: you can combine these functions to trace a url backwards starting with a specific revision)

So this is most likely the completely documented behavior. See the Subversion book on <http://svnbook.red-bean.com> http://svnbook.red-bean.com

Bert

From: Schedel, Andreas [mailto:***@harman.com]
Sent: donderdag 16 februari 2017 11:31
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Subject: [Bug] svn export -r <rev> of single file fails if there is a newer revision available than the exported one

SVN server: V1.8.14 (r1692801)

Hi,

When trying to export a dedicated file of a special revision by using

# svn export âr <revision> https://svn-server/trunk/myfile.txt

everything is working fine as long as no newer revision of this file is available in the repository.

If a newer revision is available on the server, the following error message is returned:

svn: E195012: Unable to find repository location for <myfile> in revision <revision>

The â@syntaxâ is working fine:

# svn export https://svn-server/trunk/myfile.txt@ <https://svnserver/trunk/myfile.txt@%3crevision> <revision>

Is this an already known bug of SVN or perhaps an undocumented feature?

Thanks and best regards

Andreas

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