Subversion represents symlinks as ordinary files with content starting with "link " and the svn:special property set to "*". Thus a file can switch between being a symlink and a non-symlink simply by toggling its svn:special property, and new checkouts will automatically write a file of the appropriate type. Likewise, in subversion 1.6 and older, running "svn update" would notice changes in filetype and update the working copy appropriately. Starting in subversion 1.7 (issue 4091), changes to the svn:special property trip an assertion instead: $ svn up svn-tree Updating 'svn-tree': svn: E235000: In file 'subversion/libsvn_wc/update_editor.c' \ line 1583: assertion failed (action == svn_wc_conflict_action_edit \ || action == svn_wc_conflict_action_delete || action == \ svn_wc_conflict_action_replace) Revisions prepared with ordinary svn commands ("svn add" and not "svn propset") don't trip this because they represent these filetype changes using a replace operation, which is approximately equivalent to removal followed by adding a new file and works fine. Follow suit. Noticed using t9100. After this change, git-svn's file-to-symlink changes are sent in a format that modern "svn update" can handle and tests t9100.11-13 pass again. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Revisions prepared with ordinary svn commands ("svn add" and not "svn > propset") don't trip this because they represent filetype changes > using a replace operation [...] > Perhaps "git > svn" should mimic that, ... and here's what that looks like. I like this more than ignoring the problem in tests, and I suppose something like this is necessary regardless of how quickly issue 4091 is fixed for compatibility with the broken versions of svn. It would be nice if the patch could be more concise, though. What do you think? git-svn.perl | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl index 9d57aa0c..40ccdd50 100755 --- a/git-svn.perl +++ b/git-svn.perl @@ -5439,7 +5439,30 @@ sub M { $self->close_file($fbat,undef,$self->{pool}); } -sub T { shift->M(@_) } +sub T { + my ($self, $m, $deletions) = @_; + + # Work around subversion issue 4091: toggling the "is a + # symlink" property requires removing and re-adding a + # file or else "svn up" on affected clients trips an + # assertion and aborts. + if (($m->{mode_b} =~ /^120/ && $m->{mode_a} !~ /^120/) || + ($m->{mode_b} !~ /^120/ && $m->{mode_a} =~ /^120/)) { + $self->D({ + mode_a => $m->{mode_a}, mode_b => '000000', + sha1_a => $m->{sha1_a}, sha1_b => '0' x 40, + chg => 'D', file_b => $m->{file_b} + }); + $self->A({ + mode_a => '000000', mode_b => $m->{mode_b}, + sha1_a => '0' x 40, sha1_b => $m->{sha1_b}, + chg => 'A', file_b => $m->{file_b} + }); + return; + } + + $self->M($m, $deletions); +} sub change_file_prop { my ($self, $fbat, $pname, $pval) = @_; -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html