svn copy WC to URL asserts

[Jens Geyer]

Hi,



We have one case of a misbehaving branch here. Our CI server creates a tag at the end of a build using a svn copy command:

{code}

svn.exe copy -m "Devtest" D:\Builds\Release_5.1.1.x\Source svn://repo.server/tags/buildserver/Release_5.1.1.x/Build513

{code}



The message printed is this.

{code}

svn: E235000: In file 'D:\Development\SVN\Releases\TortoiseSVN-1.10.1ext\subversion\subversion\libsvn_client\copy.c' line 2109: assertion failed (commit_items != NULL)

{code}



The problem so far manifests only with this particular branch. We double-checked everything, beginning with paths and URLs up to access permisions and everything. We also installed the latest SVN version, and as the only result the assertion line number changed.

The WC has no changes, but a bunch of externals.





Any advice where to look for or what to check would be appreciated. If I can provide information to help fixing the issue, please let me know and I will be happy to supply whatever informatiomn you may need (except that I am certainly not going to upload the repo nor the complete source code).


Best regards,
Jens Geyer

[Branko Čibej]

Post by Jens Geyer
Hi,
 
We have one case of a misbehaving branch here. Our CI server creates a
{code}
svn.exe copy -m "Devtest" D:\Builds\Release_5.1.1.x\Source
svn://repo.server/tags/buildserver/Release_5.1.1.x/Build513
{code}
 
The message printed is this.
{code}
svn: E235000: In file
'D:\Development\SVN\Releases\TortoiseSVN-1.10.1ext\subversion\subversion\libsvn_client\copy.c'
line 2109: assertion failed (commit_items != NULL)
{code}
 
The problem so far manifests only with this particular branch. We
double-checked everything, beginning with paths and URLs up to access
permisions and everything. We also installed the latest SVN version,
and as the only result the assertion line number changed.
The WC has no changes, but a bunch of externals.
 
 
Any advice where to look for or what to check would be appreciated. If
I can provide information to help fixing the issue, please let me know
and I will be happy to supply whatever informatiomn you may need
(except that I am certainly not going to upload the repo nor the
complete source code).

[Note, this is issue #4769, which the OP already created. In future,
please read the big yellow box at
https://subversion.apache.org/reporting-issues.html ]

Can you please do the following:

svn.exe info --show-item=repos-root-url D:\Builds\Release_5.1.1.x\Source


then check if the printed URL matches the target URL of the copy? That
assertion implies that you're trying to copy to a different repository
than the working copy was checked out from.

-- Brane

[Branko Čibej]

Post by Branko Čibej

Post by Jens Geyer
Hi,
 
We have one case of a misbehaving branch here. Our CI server creates
{code}
svn.exe copy -m "Devtest" D:\Builds\Release_5.1.1.x\Source
svn://repo.server/tags/buildserver/Release_5.1.1.x/Build513
{code}
 
The message printed is this.
{code}
svn: E235000: In file
'D:\Development\SVN\Releases\TortoiseSVN-1.10.1ext\subversion\subversion\libsvn_client\copy.c'
line 2109: assertion failed (commit_items != NULL)
{code}
 
The problem so far manifests only with this particular branch. We
double-checked everything, beginning with paths and URLs up to access
permisions and everything. We also installed the latest SVN version,
and as the only result the assertion line number changed.
The WC has no changes, but a bunch of externals.
 
 
Any advice where to look for or what to check would be appreciated.
If I can provide information to help fixing the issue, please let me
know and I will be happy to supply whatever informatiomn you may need
(except that I am certainly not going to upload the repo nor the
complete source code).

[Note, this is issue #4769, which the OP already created. In future,
please read the big yellow box at
https://subversion.apache.org/reporting-issues.html ]
svn.exe info --show-item=repos-root-url D:\Builds\Release_5.1.1.x\Source
then check if the printed URL matches the target URL of the copy? That
assertion implies that you're trying to copy to a different repository
than the working copy was checked out from.

Or of course you could try:

svn.exe copy --ignore-externals ...


since copying the externals contents may well be the cause of the
problem if the externals point to different repositories. Since you're
creating a "tag" you may want to use the --pin-externals flag, too,
unless your externals references are already pinned.

-- Brane