[COUCHDB-1485] COPY behavior changed between 1.1.1 to 1.2

• Type: Question
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Component/s: HTTP Interface
• Labels: api-change document

Environment

Mac OS X 10.7.4

• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Randall Leeds
• Reporter: Michael Phan-Ba
• Created: 27/May/12 16:03
• Updated: 26/Jan/13 11:25
• Resolved: 26/Jan/13 11:25

Description

I believe commit 7e3c69ba951de7cfaa095145ba49c58d539a28ea (CouchDB 1.2) changed the behavior of HTTP COPY to update the revision to reflect the new document ID.

Is there a way to make COPY update the rev property on the client side for previous versions of CouchDB?

See commit c5209edceef1635c4ef0d23119f8327b5f3403de "fix tests for couchdb 1.1.1" at:
https://github.com/mikepb/clerk/commit/c5209edceef1635c4ef0d23119f8327b5f3403de