Hi! I'm (now, finally) aware of the fact that svn:mergeinfo only came up with 1.5 but this issue is about the behaviour when this is simply not supported. Anyway, here's what I did:
1. I have a repository, FSFS, created (or, rather, svnadmin loaded) with a Subversion 1.4. 2. The commandline client is 1.6, running on Debian. 3. The repository is accessed using a file:// URL. 4. Check out a WC of a branch and change into it. 5. "svn merge -c 1234 --record-only ^/trunk/foo" What happens is that this actually merged changes into the working copy, or, rather, it caused conflicts trying to merge them in my case. I understand that it simply can't do what I'm asking it to do, since the 1.4 repository doesn't support svn:mergeinfo. However, and that is the issue, I would expect an error ("can't record mergeinfo, not supported by the repository" or somesuch). What it definitely shouldn't do is merge anything into my files, since I explicitly asked it to not make any changes. Also, but that is a minor issue, I would hope for a warning like "old repository version, some features might be unavailable". By the way, I simply ran "svnadmin upgrade" on the repository and now the above works. Do I gain anything else by running a dump/load cycle? Cheers! Uli -- ML: http://subversion.apache.org/docs/community-guide/mailing-lists.html FAQ: http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html Docs: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ ************************************************************************************** Domino Laser GmbH, Fangdieckstraße 75a, 22547 Hamburg, Deutschland Geschäftsführer: Thorsten Föcking, Amtsgericht Hamburg HR B62 932 ************************************************************************************** Visit our website at <http://www.dominolaser.com/> ************************************************************************************** Diese E-Mail einschließlich sämtlicher Anhänge ist nur für den Adressaten bestimmt und kann vertrauliche Informationen enthalten. Bitte benachrichtigen Sie den Absender umgehend, falls Sie nicht der beabsichtigte Empfänger sein sollten. Die E-Mail ist in diesem Fall zu löschen und darf weder gelesen, weitergeleitet, veröffentlicht oder anderweitig benutzt werden. E-Mails können durch Dritte gelesen werden und Viren sowie nichtautorisierte Änderungen enthalten. Domino Laser GmbH ist für diese Folgen nicht verantwortlich. **************************************************************************************