Major Description
This is a feature request for
svn copy svn:///C:/their/remote/repo/folder/ svn:///C:/my/local/repo/folder/
this command currently fails, returning
svn: E200007: Source and destination URLs appear not to point to the same
repository.
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SVN is not a distributed but a centralized version control system. This is
clear. It is therefore acceptable to me that it does not allow branching to
another repo. However, it is not clear to me why it would need to limit merges
to work only on the same repo. See the following example.
-- The following story was posted in the forum, see
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=3093562.
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There is a project in a shared svn repo, with a trunk and release branches in
it. Every time a new release is about to be ready, a new branch is created to
stabilize the release.
My version of the project is based on a release branch, but it is not really
branched off. Instead I created a local repo started off from a local working
copy of a release branch. Then I applied a couple of dozens of patches to
customize it, and committed one by one to this local repo.
Now it is time to sync up with the next release.
--trunk--------------------------------
\ \
-- release 1 -- release 2
: |
: |
?- my repo ----+
Along the dotted line, I would preferably create a repository by using
svn copy <remote url> <local url>
with the intent to copy the remote repo history or a reference to the remote
history.
Why do I need a local repository / why cannot I use a working copy of the remote
repository?
I need version control of my own patches.
Whyh do not you use vendor branch support?
Ok, so these were my trials.
svn copy svn:///C:/their/remote/repo/folder/ svn:///C:/my/local/repo/folder/
svn: E200007: Source and destination URLs appear not to point to the same
repository.
svn copy C:\my\remote\working\copy svn:///C:/my/local/repo/folder/
svn: E210005: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'svn:///C:/my/local/repo/'
svn: E210005: No repository found in 'svn:///C:/my/local/repo/'
svn copy C:\my\remote\working\copy svn:///C:/my/local/repo/folder/conf
svn: E170009: Repository UUID 'fd535e2c-1125-...' doesn't match expected UUID
'b456876b-0849-...'
svn import --no-auto-props --no-ignore -m "..." C:\my\remote\working\copy
svn:///C:/my/local/repo/folder/
While the last command did not return error messages, there is no trace of any
history preservation or remote referencing either. So I am at the same point as
I was before.
References
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.advanced.vendorbr.html
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.ref.svn.c.copy.html
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=3098839
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=3093562
http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4547
Original issue reported by mr_user1