[SVN-3470] Subst'ed drive: '\' is not a working copy

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.x
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Component/s: cmdline client

Environment

Windows XP

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 27/Aug/09 17:10
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:33
• Resolved: 28/Aug/09 07:42

Description

I have Windows XP SP3 on my machine, and I have a working 
directory on my disk - C:\work. And I have a subst'ed 
drive W: => C:\work just for easier handling of my code.

And I have edited two files,
C:\work\include\dir\file.hpp and C:\work\src\dir\file.cpp
(Or W:\include\dir\file.hpp and W:\src\dir\file.cpp, respectively)

Now I try to commit my changes using svn command-line 
client (TortoiseSVN has the same effect).

When I try to commit from W:\

W:\> svn ci -m "" include\dir\file.hpp src\dir\file.cpp

it gives me an error "'\' is not a working copy"

However, if I start committing from C:\work (which is 
actually exactly the same directory) using exactly 
the same command

C:\work> svn ci -m "" include\dir\file.hpp src\dir\file.cpp

everything works fine!

So it seems to me that svn client has problems with subst'ed
root directory as a tree root.

http://groups.google.com/group/tortoisesvn/browse_thread/thread/c9a4b3106eb77ffa

Original issue reported by yurvor

Issue Links

• depends upon: SVN-1711 Many svn_path functions cannot handle Windows paths
• duplicates: SVN-3346 svn abort()s on committing from a root directory
• is blocked by: SVN-1711 Many svn_path functions cannot handle Windows paths