[SVN-3987] svn fails to operate in symlinked working copy on Win7

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.x
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Component/s: libsvn_wc

Environment

Windows 7

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 15/Aug/11 12:14
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:28
• Resolved: 18/Aug/11 19:02

Description

svn 1.7 beta 2 fails to perform any operations when invoked on a symbolic link
to a working copy root:

> svn update
Skipped '.'
Summary of conflicts:
  Skipped paths: 1

> svn log
svn: E155007: 'H:\ERS_trunk' is not a working copy

AS far as I could find out, this is an issue known for a long time: see #2305,
or #2716.
Seemingly it hasn't been fixed because there is an uncertainty on how to handle
it in certain cases:
http://subversion.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=1065&dsMessageId=2431531

However, in the case of WC-NG this should no longer be an issue - one can
determine that this is indeed a symbolic link to a working copy _root_, not to
some directory inside a working copy, and behave appropriately.

I've reproduced the problem on Windows 7, bit I believe it is in fact
platform-independent.

Original issue reported by cavaler

Issue Links

• duplicates: SVN-2305 svn info fails if invoked on a symlink to a working copy