I've been doing some trivial pom patches, along with the one line HDFS-5075 patch
branch-2 $ svn status M hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt M hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/libexec/httpfs-config.sh branch-2 $ svn commit -m "HDFS-5075 httpfs-config.sh calls out incorrect env script name" Sending hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt Sending hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/libexec/httpfs-config.sh Transmitting file data .. Committed revision 1541687. then I go to pull it up into trunk -an action which worked a few minutes earlier for POM patch MAPREDUCE-5431 hadoop-trunk $ svn merge -r 1541686:1541687 https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-2 . svn: E160006: No such revision 1541687 branch-2 $ svn update The commit I just put up isn't there So I go back to the branch-2 directory branch-2 $ svn update Updating '.': svn: E160006: No such reported revision '1541687' found in the repository. Perhaps the repository is out of date with respect to the master repository? branch-2 $ svn info Path: . Working Copy Root Path: /Users/stevel/Hadoop/svn/branch-2 URL: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-2 Repository Root: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf Repository UUID: 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 Revision: 1541675 Node Kind: directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Author: jing9 Last Changed Rev: 1541671 Last Changed Date: 2013-11-13 19:34:08 +0000 (Wed, 13 Nov 2013) branch-2 $ Anyway: after about 5 minutes everything resynchronized again, but it looks like svn is exposing its failover mechanisms -steve -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Thank You.