Philip Martin <philip.mar...@wandisco.com> writes:
> Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> writes:
>
>> 1. 'svn lock ^/trunk/iota' creates an md5("/trunk") digest file. That
>> digest file is not referenced by the md5("/") digest file; both of
>> these digest files refer only and directly to the md5("/trunk/iota")
>> digest file.
>>
>> Does the md5("/trunk") digest file have to be preserved in a hotcopy?
>> Given that it is unreferenced, under what conditions would it be read
>> --- when the reader is pre-1.7?
>
> Yes, it's used by operations on /trunk:
>
> $ svnadmin create repo
> $ svn import -mm Makefile file://`pwd`/repo/trunk/f
> $ svn lock file://`pwd`/repo/trunk/f
> $ svn rm -mm file://`pwd`/repo/trunk
> svn: Cannot verify lock on path '/trunk/f'; no matching lock-token available
> $ rm -f repo/db/locks/9fd/9fdfca3f0419c7cff7f2d1f623525d29
> $ svn info file://`pwd`/repo/trunk/f | grep Owner
> Lock Owner: pm
> $ svn rm -mm file://`pwd`/repo/A
Typo, that should be
$ svn rm -mm file://`pwd`/repo/trunk
> Committed revision 2.
>
> So deleting md5("/trunk") meant that the lock no longer stopped the
> commit.
--
Philip
