[SVN-2448] svn diff fails with relative path using more than two parent directories

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: ---
• Fix Version/s: ---
• Component/s: cmdline client

Environment

Windows XP

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 22/Nov/05 22:15
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:34
• Resolved: 03/Nov/06 23:47

Description

(Submitted by request of Eric Huelsmann (eh) on #svn)

Using a relative path with more than two parent directories fails:

[[
D:\tmp\wc\dirA\dirAA\dirAAA\dirAAAA>svn diff ..\..\..\dirAB\foo.txt
svn: '..\dirAB\foo.txt' is not a working copy
]]

Note how the error message is misleading.

Using two parent directories works:
[[
D:\tmp\wc\dirA\dirAA\dirAAA\dirAAAA>cd ..

D:\tmp\wc\dirA\dirAA\dirAAA>svn diff ..\..\dirAB\foo.txt
D:\tmp\wc\dirA\dirAA\dirAAA>
]]

Original issue reported by arild_fines

Issue Links

• duplicates: SVN-1869 svn move moving files to the wrong directory in windows using relative path names