svn import sometimes thinks that changes on trunk aren't on its branch

Bug #121569 reported by Michael Hudson-Doyle
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Launchpad CSCVS
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Bug Description

This is a bit strange, and I don't really understand it.

Sometimes an import from svn will start ignoring changes to the mirrored branch with messages like:

WARNING:root:ignored change outside branch: action=M path=u'/trunk/BigWigs/TheEye/Alar.lua' copyfrom_revision=None copyfrom_path=None

(the branch being mirrored is "/trunk/BigWigs" here). Unsurprisingly this leads to masses of validation failures.

I have a hunch that this may be connected to the "svn rm trunk; svn mv branches/blah trunk" style of svn "merging", but have no firm evidence of this.

Tags: svn
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David Allouche (ddaa) wrote :

The code that filters changes is the following:

            if change['path'].startswith('/' + self.branch_path + '/'):
                result.append(change)
            else:
                self._logIgnoredChange(change)

The added leading slash is intentional and is needed because of how cscvs internally represents svn branches.

It is true that svn "merging" by replacing the branch would cause cscvs to fail, but only if the moved directory is the branch root or above. In the WARNING message you mention, the change occurs below the branch root.

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David Allouche (ddaa) wrote :

Confirmed bug. Medium importance.

Changed in launchpad-cscvs:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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Philipp Schlesinger (philipp-sadleder) wrote :

This branch is also affected by that bug: https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/mpich/trunk

tags: added: svn
Changed in launchpad-cscvs:
importance: Medium → Low
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